Haohua Qian, Ph.D.

1978-1982: B.S., Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
1982-1985: M.S., Neurobiology, Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Shanghai, China. 
1986-1991: Ph.D., Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 
1990: Summer Course of Neurobiology at MBL, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
1992-1996: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Laboratory of Dr. John Dowling 
1993: Grass Fellow in Neurophysiology, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 
11/1996 – 8/2003: Assistant Professor Neuroscience, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago. 
8/2003 – 8/2010: Associate Professor Neuroscience, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.
8/2010 – present: Head, Visual Function Core, National Eye Institute, NIH.

We are currently developing and testing novel techniques to evaluate visual function and performance in animal models. We are particularly interested in non-invasive recording methods that could allow us to follow vision of the animal over the time. We are focused on a combination of tools such as electrophysiological recordings, retinal and fundus imagining, and behavior tests that could provide complementary information about integrity and function at different stages of visual signal pathways.