Research Faculty - New England College of Optometry Skip to main site navigation Research Faculty Research faculty, also known as Graduate faculty, are selected by the Graduate Studies Committee from those faculty possessing the appropriate background, skills, and resources, to mentor MS students and conduct hypothesis-driven experimental research programs that will adequately support student participation. Graduate faculty may also participate in teaching graduate level courses and seminars. Our graduate faculty members demonstrate adequate performance as a graduate advisor, produce graduate student research proposals of high quality as determined by the reviews of the Graduate Studies Committee, demonstrate a record of peer-reviewed publication of graduate student research, and maintain good performance evaluations in teaching graduate classes. Current Graduate Faculty and Research Interests Directors Fuensanta A. Vera-Diaz, OD, PhD, FAAO Director of Research Professor of Optometry Athanasios Panorgias, MSc, PhD Director of Graduate Studies Associate Professor of Vision Sciences Faculty Elena Z. Biffi, OD, MSc, FAAO Imaging New England College of Optometry Ananya Datta, PhD, MPhil, BSOpt, FAAO Investigating the Potential Biomarker for Ocular Surface Diseases in Diabetes Mellitus and Contact Lens Wearing Population New England College of Optometry Hilary Gaiser, OD, MS Vision screening, Binocular Vision New England College of Optometry Micaela Gobeille, OD, MS, FAAO Low Vision New England College of Optometry Ji-Chang He, MS, PhD Visual Optics and Visual Performance New England College of Optometry Kristen L. Kerber, OD, MS, FAAO Pediatrics New England College of Optometry Steven Koevary, PhD Prevention of Autoimmune Diseases, Ocular Drug Delivery New England College of Optometry Sangeetha Metlapally, BSOpt, PhD, FAAO Aberrations and Binocular Vision New England College of Optometry Debora Nickla, PhD Animal Models of Myopia New England College of Optometry Athanasios Panorgias, MSc, PhD Mechanisms of Retinal Processing; Retinal Disease New England College of Optometry Nicole Ross, OD, MSc, FAAO, Dipl AAO LV Vision Rehabilitation Research New England College of Optometry Christopher P. Taylor, PhD Visual performance in myopia and presbyopia New England College of Optometry Fuensanta Vera-Diaz, OD, PhD, FAAO Myopia and Visual Performance New England College of Optometry Adjunct Faculty Peter Bex, PhD Visual Function in Amblyopia and Eye Diseases Northeastern University Alex Bowers, MCOptom, PhD Vision Rehabilitation Research Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School Francesca Fortenbaugh, PhD Cognitive Neuroscience, Sensory Function in TBI Patients VA Medical Center, Boston Anne Fulton, MD Retinopathy of Prematurity in Infants Children’s Hospital, Boston Jack V. Greiner, MS, OD, DO, PhD Dry Eye Disease and Corneal Biochemistry Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School Jane Gwiazda, PhD Development of Vision and Myopia in Humans New England College of Optometry Kevin Houston, OD, MS Vision Rehabilitation Research UMASS Chan Medical School Barry Kran, OD, FAAO Pediatric Vision, Cortical Visual Impairment New England College of Optometry MiYoung Kwon, PhD Visual Function in Aging and Disease Northeastern University Sam Ling, PhD Visual Neuroscience Boston University Gang Luo, PhD Vision Screening Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School D. Luisa Mayer, PhD Clinical Testing of Pediatric Vision; Pediatric Low Vision New England College of Optometry Glen McCormack, OD, PhD Accommodation, Convergence, and Aniseikonia New England College of Optometry Eric A. Moulton, OD, PhD Neuroscience of Pain Boston Children’s Hospital Amy Nau, OD Cornea and Contact Lens; Meibomian Gland Disease Korb Associates Eli Peli, OD, MS Low Vision and Image Enhancement Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School Aparna Raghuram, OD, PhD Visual Dysfunction Post-concussion and Learning Disability Boston Children’s Hospital David J. Ramsey, MD, PhD, MPH Innovative approaches in Retinal Diseases, Telehealth Applications, and the Intersection of Technology and Patient Care Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Vickery Trinkaus-Randall, PhD Wound Healing in Corneal Epithelial Cells Using Live Cell and Fixed Imaging Technologies Boston University Medical Center Emily Wiecek, OD, PhD Quantification of Visual Function Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School Learn more about us. Request Information Apply Take a virtual tour of NECO