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Dr. Bin Zhang
Dr. Bin Zhang earned his M.D. degree from the School of Medicine, Nanjing University
in 1995. He then practiced as an ophthalmologist, specialized in cataract surgery, in
Jinling General Hospital, China. In 2003, Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. degree in
Physiological Optics and Vision Science from College of Optometry, University of
Houston. He dedicated the following six years to the scientific researches funded by
National Eye Institute. Dr. Zhang is currently a full time faculty member at College of
Optometry, Nova Southeastern University and holds the rank of Associate Professor.
At NSU College of Optometry, Dr. Zhang teaches Psychophysical methods in Visual
Testing, Ocular Anatomy, Ocular Physiology to the professional students and
Experiment Design & Methods to the graduate students.
Dr. Zhang’s research interest is centered on the normal and abnormal development of
visual system. On one hand, he studies how the response properties of neurons in the
visual cortex develop under the guidance of normal visual experience in early life. On
the other hand, he investigates how abnormal visual experience, such as short sight
(myopia), unequal refractive errors of the two eyes (anisometropia), and misalignment
of the two eyes (strabismus), disrupts the smooth developing process of these
properties and finally leads to lazy eye (amblyopia). The techniques applied in his
research mainly include psychophysical testing, extracelluar single unit recording, local
field potential recording, and multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials. His researches have
been published in high-impact journals such as Nature Neuroscience, Cell, Proceedings
of National Academy of Science USA, Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science.
Here is the link to part of his publications.