Our lab combines neuroscience and extracellular matrix cell biology to reveal the functional properties of the extracellular matrix around the photoreceptors and their role in vision and pathology.

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Classification:

Faculty

• PhD, University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, 2013
• MD, University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine, 2007

EDUCATION

2001-2007  MD. School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2008 - 2013  PhD in Neuroscience (summa cum laude). School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mentor: Dr Ruth E Rosenstein

POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES

2010 - 2015   Assistant at the Group of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, National Technological University (UTN). Mentor: Eng. Claudio Verrastro. Field: Computational neuroscience.

2015-2016     Postdoctoral Research at Neural Engineering Lab, Center for Neuroscience, West Virginia University (WVU).  Mentor: Dr. Sergiy Yakovenko. Field: Brain-machine interface.

2016-2020     Postdoctoral Research at Ramamurthy Lab, Eye institute, West Virginia University (WVU).  Mentor: Dr. Visvanathan Ramamurthy. Field: Retina cell biology – Extracellular matrix.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2024-present  Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, West Virginia University.

2020-2024  Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, West Virginia University.

Our laboratory studies the extracellular matrix (ECM) and its key role in neuroscience.

Please visit our lab webpage to learn more about us.