Frans Vinberg, PhD
Dr. Vinberg has over 10 years of experience in ocular research, specifically in retinal (patho)physiology. He has developed and commercialized a novel instrument to measure electrical activity of the retinal cells from ex vivo animal or human donor retina samples. He is currently tenure track Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and adjunct faculty in the Biomedical Engineering department as well as a member of the University of Utah Neuroscience program and admission committee, and a course director and lecturer of the Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience course. His research is focused on understanding the mechanisms in the photoreceptor cells that enable vision over a wide range of light intensities from a cloudy moonless night to a sunny day on the powdery slopes. Furthermore, his goal is to elucidate how these mechanisms are affected in the major blinding diseases including Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy and Retinitis Pigmentosa
In his free time, you can find Frans skiing, swimming or watching Formula 1 races.
Email: frans.vinberg(at)utah.edu
Zia L’Ecuyer Morison
Neuroscience graduate student.
Lee Sturgis
Neuroscience graduate student.
Lab alumni
Silke Becker, PhD, Postdoc 2017 -2021; Research Assistant Professor 2021 - 2025 - Current position: Assitant Professor, tenure track, University of Pittsburgh
Marianna Mathison, BS, Lab technician and promoted to Lab specialist 2023 - 2025 - Current position: Ophtalmic image analysis at the Moran Reading Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Jordan Allen, MSc, Undergraduate and Graduate Student 2020 - 2024 - Current position: CTO at Eyescreen, Inc.
Fatima Abbas, PhD, Postdoc 2017 - 2022 - Current position: Researcher at Genentech, San Francisco, CA
Nguyen Pham, BS, Graduate Student - Current position Clinical Application Specialist at BioFire.
Chidi Ahanonu, Undergraduate Student - Current position: MD student at the University of Utah.
Taylor Boyd, Undergraduate Student - Graduated with honors in 2021 from University of Utah, Current position MD student at the University of Utah
Albert Kemp, Undergraduate Student - Graduated from Biomedical Engineering at University of Utah in 2021, Currently studying to become an Optometrist in Arizona College of Optometry.