Bin Zhang

Bin Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., serves as a full-time Professor, Assistant Dean of Research, and Director of Graduate Programs at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry.

His educational qualifications include:

• M.D. from Nanjing University School of Medicine (1995)
• Ph.D. in Physiological Optics and Vision Science from University of Houston College of Optometry (2003)

Dr. Zhang's primary research examines neural development in the visual cortex under normal visual experience and pathological conditions like myopia, anisometropia, and strabismus that cause amblyopia. His laboratory employs advanced methodologies including psychophysical testing, extracellular single unit recording, local field potential recording, and multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials to map cortical response properties.

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Research funding includes six years of support from the National Eye Institute. He teaches Psychophysical Methods in Visual Testing, Ocular Anatomy, Ocular Physiology to professional students, and Experiment Design & Methods to graduate cohorts while overseeing academic programs as Director of Graduate Programs.

Lab operations focus on neural recording and visual testing protocols, though no specific team members or facility names were detailed in the source material.