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Three visiting professors have spent sabbatical leaves in my laboratory to extend their professional activities. I have maintained continuing collaborations with Dr. Moshe Gur and Dr. Billy Wooten, and some of their students have received training in my laboratory as well. A listing of faculty, students, and postdocs who completed substantial training periods appears below.
Visiting Professors on Sabbatical Leave
| Name Date | Position when last contacted |
| Robert B. Barlow, Ph.D., 1975 | Professor of Ophthalmology (Deceased, 2009) Director, Center for Vision Research SUNY, Syracuse, NY |
| Moshe Gur, Ph.D., 1984-85 Continues as current collaborator |
Associate Professor, and former Chair Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel |
| Billy R. Wooten, Ph.D., 1994 Continues as current collaborator |
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and former Chair |
Predoctoral Trainees
| Name Date | Present Position |
| Wai Ping Leung, 4/1/76-11/30/77 Master's Degree Candidate Northeastern University |
Private Business
Hong Kong |
| Halyna Lobay Vitagliano, 1980-1981 Medical student, University of Pittsburgh Research Electives |
Physician practicing Psychiatry |
| James D. Auran Senior Honors Thesis Harvard University, 1979 Medical Student Research Electives, 1981-1983 Cornell University Medical School |
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Staff Physician Manhattan Eye, Ear, Throat Hospital |
| Steven T. Joyce, 1980 Undergraduate Research Project Mass. Institute of Technology |
Physician Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Laura Sewall, 1984-1985 Undergraduate Research Project Evergreen State College |
Faculty member Liberal arts college |
Cheryl Jacobs, 1988-1989 |
Medical Student Tufts University School of Medicine |
James Broderick, 1989 |
Medical Student University of Massachusetts, Mass. Medical School, Worcester |
John C. Choi, 1989-1990 |
Fellow in Ophthalmology Boston, MA |
John M. Burke, 1992-1993 |
Medical student Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
| Jason Horn Summer Research Project, 1994 |
Graduate student Boston University |
| Christian Keysers Summer Research Project, 1994 |
Professor University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Alexander Beylin, 1995-1996 Ph.D. thesis research (co-advisor) |
Biomedical engineer in industry |
| Igor Kagan, 1998-2003 Ph.D. thesis research (co-advisor) |
Head, Decision and Awareness Group German Primate Center, Goettingen |
| Adam Wenzel, 1999-2000 Independent research project |
Assistant Professor St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH. |
| James Stringham, 1999-2000 Independent research project |
Vision Research Scientist Northrop-Grumman Corporation |
| Bilgin Ersoy, 2004-2005 Doctoral thesis research |
Graduate student Boston University |
| Ya-Mei Tang, 2004-2006 Doctoral thesis research |
Associate Professor, Neurology The Second Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China |
| Elsie Wong, 2004-2006 Graduate research project |
Graduate student Medical College of Georgia |
| Ginger Pocock 2010-2013 Doctoral Thesis research |
Postdoctoral Fellow University of Wisconsin, Madison |
Postdoctoral Trainees
| Name Date | Position when last contacted |
| Harvey A. Swadlow, 9/9/74-7/31/75 | Professor of Psychology University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
| George T. Timberlake, 1975-1977 | Professor of Ophthalomology University of Kansas |
| Daniel Kurtz, 10/3/77-5/31/80 | Professor New England College of Optometry |
| Mary Jo Nissen, 6/27/80-12/31/80 | Associate Professor of Psychology University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| Judy Lin, 1988-1989 | Physician, practicing ophthalmology |
| Richard S. Weinhaus, 1985-1986 (Pre-Residency) 1989-1990 (Post-Residency) | Physician practicing ophthalmology |
| B. R. Hammond, Jr 6/1/94 - 6/30/96 Fight for Sight Fellow | Professor of Psychology University of Georgia, Athens |
| Michelle L. Bieber, 10/1/98 – 4/30/99 | Postdoctoral fellow University of Pennsylvania |
| Ivan Y-F. Leung, 10/17/2000-8/31/03 | Senior Lecturer, Optometry Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore |
| John M. Nolan, 10/10/2005-6/1/2006 Fulbright Scholar |
Lecturer of Applied Sciences Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland |
| James M. Stringham, 2/17/03-9/01/06 Fight for Sight Fellow |
Research Professor University of Georgia, Athens |
| Lisa M. Renzi, 8/15/08-8/01/09 | Assistant Professor Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA. Adjunct Assist Prof, Univ of Georgia, Athens |
Undergraduates receiving research experience at University of Texas, Austin
| Fall & Spring 2009 Cindy K. Hua, Grace Eunae Yeo Summer 2009 Proy Phongsawad, Pooja Naik, Paul Tavakolian Fall 2009, Spring 2010 Proy Phongsawad, Sandip Biswas, Scott Lee Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012 Scott Lee, Benjamin Ho, Henna Kim, Sishira Mannuru, Dan Dietemann, Michelle Dye, Yafei Ouyang, Natalie Craik |