Ocular Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Lab

CHRISTOPHER PASSAGLIA, PH.D. ENG229F/247 (LAB/OFFICE) passaglia@usf.edu

Welcome,

For most people vision comes naturally. The seemless ease of the process disguises a complex web of interactions amongst vast networks of visual neurons.

The objectives of our research lab is:


Lab News

Cesar Hernandez Isidro keynote speaker at ________.

Alexandra Zamitalo received an ISER Travel Fellowship for the 2024 ISER Conference.

Undergrad Abdal Aziez Alogaidi and team win 3rd place in Department-wide Senior Capstone Competition

Alexandra Zamitalo wins 1st Place in State-wide 3-Minute Thesis Competition 

Dr. Passaglia Tackles Glaucoma with Novel Technology 

Alexandra Zamitalo awarded ARVO Science Communication Training Fellowship 

Cesar Hernandez Isidro interviewed for news article: "Four who have felt the impacts of NCEF" 

Christina Nicou successfully defends her dissertation and starts postdoc position at University of Alabama Birmingham in the Dr. J Crawford Downs lab.

Youssef Mohamed successfully defends his dissertation and starts medical school at USF. 

Nick Johnson successfully defends his dissertation and starts postdoc position at Mount Sinai in the Dr. Ravi Iyengar lab. 

Professor Passaglia receives 2022 USF Excellence in Research Award

Professor Passaglia receives 2021 USF Faculty Outstanding Research Award

Christina Nicou received an ISER Travel Fellowship for the 2021 ISER/BrightFocus Glaucoma Symposium 

ONNL awarded $1.5M NIH R01 grant for "Continuous measurement of control of IOP in normal and glaucomatous eyes"

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