Scientist
Alex Baldwin
My research focuses on the study of visual perception through human behavioural experiments and computer modelling. I create tasks using psychophysical methods. These test our ability to process visual information. I can then investigate the mechanism by which the brain performs this task. I do so by comparing the data against mathematical and computational models of visual processing. I develop these models based on findings from previous psychophysics, physiology, and neuroimaging studies.
Alexandre Reynaud
Dr. Alexandre Reynaud’s research focuses on stereoscopic vision and binocular fusion in the human visual system, using psychophysics, electroencephalography, and computational approaches. His clinical research aims to improve understanding and treatment of binocular dysfunction in amblyopia using digital therapies. He also investigates the neural mechanisms underlying binocular vision and depth perception, combining human studies and neuroimaging to study activity in the visual cortex.
Anna Kosovicheva
Dr. Kosovicheva received her BA and PhD in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, before completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Northeastern University, where she studied visual localization, eye movements, and binocular vision impairments. She joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto Mississauga in 2021 and directs the Applied Perception and Psychophysics Laboratory (APPLY). Her research focuses on spatial vision, binocular vision, and eye movements, with particular interests in visual localization, amblyopia, and strabismus.
Darren T. Oystreck
Dr. Darren T. Oystreck is an Orthoptist in the Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus unit at IWK Health Centre and Chair of the Clinical Vision Science program at Dalhousie University. His research focuses on congenital and genetic disorders of ocular motility. Through clinical research and multidisciplinary collaborations, he investigates rare conditions affecting eye movements including congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders. His work aims to improve the diagnosis, characterization, and management of pediatric vision disorders such as strabismus and amblyopia.
Deborah Giaschi
Dr. Deborah Giaschi is a Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of British Columbia, an Associate Member of the Department of Psychology, and an Investigator at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Her research focuses on the typical and atypical development of visual perception in children, with particular emphasis on amblyopia and dyslexia. She uses behavioural and neuroimaging methods, including psychophysics, fMRI, and MEG, to investigate the neural basis of motion perception, depth perception, and visuomotor function in developmental disorders.
Donald E. Mitchell
Dr. Donald E. Mitchell is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. His research has focused on the development and plasticity of the visual system, particularly the effects of abnormal early visual experience on visual function. Following initial studies of humans with early abnormal visual input as a result of refractive or oculomotor conditions such as astigmatism, anisometropia or strabismus he changed tack to the use of animal models.
Kevin Duffy
Kevin Duffy is a Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Dalhousie University. He completed his PhD at McMaster University, then did post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School. His lab at Dalhousie investigates factors that govern development of the visual system, and that regulate neural plasticity across the lifespan. He and his collaborators have leveraged principles of synaptic plasticity to develop a novel treatment for amblyopia that involves pharmacological retinal inactivation. His lab is funded by the CIHR and NSERC.
Krista Kelly
Dr. Krista Kelly is an Assistant Professor in the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo. She completed her BA in Psychology at the University of New Brunswick and her MA and PhD in Psychology at York University’s Centre for Vision Research. Following a postdoctoral fellowship, she directed the Vision and Neurodevelopment Lab at the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Texas. Her research focuses on how early atypical visual experiences, such as visual deprivation, affect brain development.
Lisa Christian
Dr. Lisa Christian is a Clinical Professor at the School of Optometry & Vision Science at the University of Waterloo. Her clinical and academic work focuses on pediatric eye care, binocular vision, and vision development across childhood. She is interested in the diagnosis and management of binocular vision disorders, amblyopia, and other pediatric visual conditions, as well as advancing interprofessional education in eye care. Through her clinical practice, teaching, and research, she works to improve evidence-based approaches to pediatric vision assessment and treatment.
Vallabh Das
Dr. Vallabh Das is a Professor at the College of Optometry, University of Houston. His research investigates the neural mechanisms underlying binocular vision, eye movement control, and strabismus. Using electrophysiology, behavioural paradigms, and non-human primate models, he studies how abnormal visual experience disrupts the development and function of oculomotor and visual pathways. His work aims to identify the neural circuits responsible for binocular dysfunction and to advance the development of evidence-based therapies for strabismus and amblyopia.
Ben Thompson
Dr. Ben Thompson completed his BSc and PhD in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, UK. He then completed postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of Psychology, UCLA, USA and the Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Dr. Thompson was an associate professor in optometry and vision science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, where he now holds an honorary professorship within the Liggins Institute.