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VSSS and WIPS Schedules

Join us in-person or virtually for these monthly events

Close-up of a blue eye as seen through an ophthalmology tool.

The Department of Ophthalmology's Visual Sciences Seminar Series (VSSS) features basic scientists from national and international institutions who present on a range of ophthalmic and visual sciences topics. VSSS talks can be attended in-person or via Zoom. Please RSVP to Carey Chafouleas to attend these lunchtime talks.


The Works-in-Progress Series (WIPS) provides graduate students and postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to present their research to peers on a monthly basis.

VSSS Lectures

Zoom link for all lectures | Meeting ID 955 438 7682

  • 2025-2026 Schedule
    Date/Time/LocationSpeakerTitle
    September 4, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Anupam Mondal, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
    UT Southwestern    		 TBA
    October 2, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Shukti Chakravarti, Ph.D.
    Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology
    Director of Basic Science Research, Ophthalmology, Interim Vice Chair for Research
    (NYU Langone Health, New York, NY)    		 TBA

    November 6, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200

    Robert Mullins, M.S., Ph.D.
    Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
    (University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA)

    		 TBA

    December 4, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200

    Bryan W. Jones, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
    (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT)

    		 TBA

    February 5, 2026
    12-1pm
    Room E6.200

    Ashok Kumar, Ph.D.
    Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences
    (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI)

    		 TBA

    April 2, 2026
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200

    		 Matthew J. Van Hook, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
    (University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE)    		 TBA

WIPS Series

  • 2025-2026 Schedule
    Date/Time/LocationSpeaker
    August 21, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Ashley Rowe (Wert Lab)
    Seher Yuksel, Ph.D. (Butovich Lab)
    September 18, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Tiffany Yee and Emily Nettesheim
    (Wert Lab)
    October 16, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Can Kirman, Ph.D., and Bogale Aredo, Ph.D.
    (Ufret-Vincenty Lab)
    November 20, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Noah Mathew (Park Lab)
    TBA (Ray Wang Lab)
    December 18, 2025
    12:00-1:00pm
    Room E6.200    		 Chaimaa Kinane, Ph.D.
    (Park Lab)
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