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Obsessed with vision and optics. Opinions (have many but share few) are my own and most posts are from my labs at The University of Waterloo (Canada) and UC Berkeley (USA). Oh...and that's my retina in the profile picture.
Just received my deformable mirror from ALPAO! There's no turning back now.
#AOSLO @uwaterloo.ca
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Also, trichromatic cone mosaics.
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hey @thorlabs.bsky.social, where are my snacks? Is it because I'm in 🇨🇦?
August 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🇨🇦 This sign calls to me every morning on my commute to @uwaterloo.ca. Question is: blow off work and head west to Lake Cowichan BC or east to Cappahayden NFLD? @transcanadatrail.bsky.social
www.tctrail.ca
August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My CV in ceramic.
August 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When your bike ride takes you north of Waterloo.
#mennonitecountry
July 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Spotted this morning outside of the stunning Daniels Building at the University of Toronto, where I'm attending @iccp-conference.bsky.social. Nothing computational here, just a regular photo.

Super excited to see the hawk...but that rat is huuuge!
July 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Lots of room for growth at @uwaterloo.ca. 🇨🇦 And were hiring 6 new faculty in #optometry and #visionscience. Spread the news. Contact me if you want to learn more.

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July 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Some things are new (the Instagram-worthy sign) and some things are old (the iconic Dana Porter Library, where I spent many hours as a physics undergrad in the late 80s). @uwaterloo.ca 🇨🇦
July 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
While many of you may suffer FOMO for #OLO, we folks in the lab suffer FOMO for YOLO. That was the case until Stuart Semple graciously sent us some free bottles. What this all about? Check out
www.culturehustleusa.com/products/yol... to find out.
Thanks!!!
June 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Thanks to @ucobservatories.bsky.social for the fun and informative 'insider' tour of the @lickobservatory.bsky.social for me, my former students and postdocs, and colleagues. Special thanks to @elinorgates.bsky.social, resident astronomer extraordinaire and ultimate tour guide for her time.
June 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oddly, PhDs at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social don't require public defenses - we just need 3 committee members to unceremoniously sign off. To make up, we hold an annual symposium, where families, friends, faculty and students attend. Congrats Max Greene and Stephanie Reeves for outstanding talks.
May 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Such an honor for me to receive this award named after Bob Boynton, who I never knew, but whose approach to science was an inspiration for me. His son just happened to attending #VSS2025 when the award was announced. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
May 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
#vss2025. Vintage VSS swag bags ... Emily Cooper VSS2014, Katie Trelligus VSS2015 and not sure what year Mike Landy's is.
May 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Birthday Gerald Westheimer. 101 years on May 13 and still publishing papers! #livinglegend of #visionscience. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
the #POTY is actually an animated gif.
May 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Most years at ARVO, I award the Picture of the Year, or #POTY prize. This year it goes to
Toco Chui
of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
for her presentation titled
"In-vivo imaging of blood cell adhesion to vascular wall in sickle cell disease"
(more below)
1/n
May 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hard to believe that #visionscience PhD student Jason Wong is still smiling (let alone standing) after holding court for hours at his first #ARVO2025 poster, co-authored with @shangbangluo.bsky.social
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I see RPE cells #arvo2025
May 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
May 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Heading to #ARVO2025. 10 hours to go..... Hope to see you there.
May 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
As one of the subjects in this study, I can tell you that the closest natural color to 'olo' is achieved by mixing two parts #Midori and one part #BlueCuracau. Not sure what those are? Just reach to the back of your parent's liquor cabinet, it'll be beside the Galliano.
April 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You know your wife loves you when she installs tile in your new shower that looks like a foveal cone mosaic. (but not enough to make them colored red, green and blue). #visionscience #adaptiveoptics
April 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just had a memorable visit with living legend Gerald Westheimer as he approaches his 101st birthday. We talked about his latest hobbies: using ChatGPT to craft Matlab code for convoluting complex pupil functions, and quantum optics. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #visionscience
March 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Many of my favorite things captured here.... Optics, biking and 🏀. Taken on my ride back to Berkekey from patient imaging at UCSF ophthalmology.
March 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM