Associate Professor
I have a long standing interest in ocular physiology. I developed an arterially perfused intact eye preparation to measure the effects of channel blockers and ion transport inhibitors on aqueous humor secretion and to study carbonic anhydrase, adenylyl cyclase, nitric oxide signaling and organic ion transporters like MRP2. I was the first to develop a reliable technique for primary culture of nonpigmented ciliary epithelium (NPE), the tissue responsible for AH secretion. I am also interested in lens ion/water homeostasis. Recently my research has focused on mechanosensitive TRPV4 and TRPV1 channels as well as connexin hemichannels and pannexins.