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Innovative, rigorous, passionate and fun! This is the environment we strive to create at ERI. Our team knows no limits. We dive into tough problems with energy and enthusiasm, bringing our intelligence and creativity to ask questions and solve real problems for people who are blind or visually impaired.

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Sarika Gopalakrishnan, PhD FAAO

Dr. Gopalakrishnan is a highly experienced optometrist and has been the director of a low vision clinic in India for over a decade. While at ERI, Dr. Gopalakrishnan will expand on her doctoral work studying the use of augmented reality devices for low vision rehabilitation.

Rakesh Babu, PhD

Rakesh’s deep insights regarding the needs, challenges, abilities, preferences and strategies of blind individuals, coupled with his research experience in blind/visually impaired (BVI) access to employment, education, information, and the Internet uniquely qualifies him as an accessibility scientist.

Jing Xu, PhD (Alumni)

Jing brought her enthusiasm and expertise on driving safety research and advanced vehicle technology to our visually impaired community. Her work at ERI focused on developing and investigating new assistance and automation technologies to support safe mobility for drivers with age-related vision loss.

Emma Rangel Medina (Alumni)

Emma is a clinical psychologist committed to the mental health of people facing an illness process, she enjoys learning and seeking answers to her questions through reading, learning about the experiences of other professionals, and above all people who demonstrate that a diagnosis does not determine what we can do.

Rajkumar Raveendran, PhD FAAO (Alumni)

Dr. Raveendran focused on clinical vision science during his time at ERI. His work explored the new frontier of low-level electrical stimulation for use in low vision evaluation and intervention.

Yingzi Xiong, PhD (Alumni)

During her time at ERI, Dr. Xiong focused on effective rehabilitation training methods and tools for clinical assessment.

Vinod Namboodiri, PhD (Alumni)

Dr. Namboodiri worked with ERI to design and develop technologies to assist in areas of indoor and outdoor wayfinding and smart-home solutions for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

Güler Arsal, PhD (Alumni)

Dr. Arsal focused on understanding human performance and cognition by applying her knowledge of cognitive task analysis and naturalistic decision making.

Marco Tarantino, JD (Alumni)

Marco conducted his research on the recent regulatory changes related to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and their implications on BVI employment outcomes.

Susanne Klauke, PhD (Alumni)

Susanne explored how one compensates for a loss in facial recognition ability, and how such a loss may affect social interaction.

Laura Walker, PhD (Alumni)

Laura was the research institute's first Executive Director. ERI continues to develop upon the foundation Dr. Walker established.

Seyed Ali Cheraghi, MEng (Alumni)

Ali was a visiting scholar with ERI, a graduate from Wichita State University in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ali went on to pursue a fellowship at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute after leaving ERI.

Andrea Urqueta Alfaro, PhD (Alumni)

Andrea focused her research on the social and cognitive development of children with visual impairments.

Arun Kumar Krishnan, PhD (Alumni)

Arun's research centered on how the remaining vision of those who are visually impaired can be best utilized and retrained.

Rezaul Karim, PhD (Alumni)

Rezaul brought a unique approach to understanding how those who are blind appreciate objects through their sense of touch. His devotion to his science brought him across the globe to study these questions in the unique environment supported by ERI.

Tony Succar, PhD (Alumni)

Tony’s passion for his work was a beam of light in our corridors. His dedication resulted in the first ERI-initiated research study to reach completion!

Shannon Riley, MA (Alumni)

Shannon headed up our efforts to evaluate internal programs through a research lens, so that we could continually measure, add and improve upon what we already do at Envision.