Address:   Doheny Vision Research Center                  1355 San Pablo Street, Suite 182                  Los Angeles, CA 90033 Email:        swalston@usc.edu Phone:      (323) 442-6765 Fax:          (323) 442-6755

 

Background:

Steven Walston completed his B.E. in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in 2010.  While at Vanderbilt, he spent three semesters in the Casagrande Vision Research Lab analyzing orientation tuning curves in the primary visual cortex using multi-electrode arrays.  He also spent an internship at the National Eye Institute investigating the morphology of blue cone bipolar cells against various photoreceptor mosaics.  Additionally, at Johnson & Johnson CPPW, he examined the mechanisms of skin repair after mechanical injury.  Steven joined the USC's PhD program in Biomedical Engineering in the Fall of 2010.

Current Research:
Steven's current work is focused on selectively stimulating subsets of retinal ganglion cells by leveraging differences in their physiological and electrical properties.