Navya Davuluri, Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Engineering
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Address: Doheny Vision Research Center
1355 San Pablo Street, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Email: nsdavulu@usc.edu
Phone: (323) 442-6765
Fax: (323) 442-6755
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Background:
Navya Davuluri received her Bachelors degree in Bioinformatics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2007. After graduation, she joined a Biotechnology research team at NASA Ames Research Center working on predicting structure of proteins called chaperonin complexes. She also worked as an intern at a company called LS9, Inc., doing phylogenetic analysis and developing an internal BLAST system. She joined USC’s PhD program in Biomedical Engineering in the Fall of 2008.
Current Research:
Her current project is focused on the study of the neuronal response to electrical stimulation in degenerate retina using intrinsic signal imaging and electrophysiology techniques. She tries to explore the correlation between the morphological and electrophysiological changes as a degree of retina degeneration in a rodent model. She hopes to improve the resolution, electrode design and stimulus parameters of the retinal prostheis by understanding the optical and electrophysiological response of the diseased retina to electrical stimulation.
Research Interest:
In vivo visual electrophysiology, intrinsic signal imaging, epiretinal electrical stimulation
Publications:
N.Davuluri, J.D.Weiland "Mechanical Design of Retinal Prostheis Using SolidWorks" Poster Presentation, Grodins 2009, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California.
N.Davuluri,J.D.Weiland "Design of a Multi-Electrode Array for Chronic Implantation in Rat's Eye" Poster Presentation, NIC 2010, Long Beach, California.
N.Davuluri,J.D.Weiland,G.Whittney,R.Ross "Energy Efficient Charge Based Stimulation of the Retina" IEEE EMBC 2011 Proceedings, Boston, MA. (in preparation)
