معرفی
Nicole Wagner is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Connecticut (Storrs Campus), affiliated with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on membrane protein optimization, structural analysis, and biomimetic device development for vision restoration and neural control. She leads the LambdaVision research group (lambdavision.com).
Education:
- Postdoc, University of Connecticut, 2013-2014 (Advisor: Robert Birge)
- Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Connecticut, 2013
- B.S., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 2007
Research Interests: Genetic optimization of membrane proteins via mutagenesis techniques; structural-functional analysis using molecular modeling and spectroscopy; design of biomimetic neural interfaces. Her work bridges biochemistry, biophysics, and biomedical engineering to address unmet clinical needs in vision science and neural prosthetics.
Labs/Teams: Director of the LambdaVision research group, specializing in vision restoration technologies.
