Gislin Dagnelie, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the associate director of the Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center, a division of the Wilmer Eye Institute. His work over the last 25 years has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and multiple other public and private sponsors.

Dr. Dagnelie is the Center Principal Investigator for clinical trials of the Second Sight Argus™ II retinal implant (2007-present) and is leading several follow-up engineering studies to make Argus II use more productive in patients’ daily lives. In addition, he studies signals in the retina of retinal prosthesis patients, is involved in the development of phosphene mapping and psychophysical assessment strategies for the Chicago-based intracortical prosthesis project and is leading the development of assessment and rehabilitation methods for visual prosthesis wearers and other individuals with ultra-low vision.

Awards & Recognitions

• 2016: Bartimaeus Award

Experience

• Associate Professor (2001 - present)

  Ultra Low Vision Lab

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Assistant Professor (1990 - 2001)

  Ultra Low Vision Lab

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

• Postdoctoral Fellow (1986 - 1988)

  Johns Hopkins University

Education

• PhD, Physics (1986)

  University of Amsterdam

• BS, Physics (1971)

  University of Groningen