Dr. James Weiland

Biography

James Weiland received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan in 1988. He worked for four years at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines before returning to graduate school, where he earned both Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Biomedical Engineering in 1993 and 1997, and in Electrical Engineering in 1995. He joined the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins University as a postdoctoral fellow in 1997 and became an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins in 1999. In 2001, he was appointed assistant professor at the USC Eye Institute at the University of Southern California. Currently, he serves as an associate professor in both the Department of Ophthalmology and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at USC, as well as the Deputy Director of the Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems Engineering Research Center. His research interests encompass retinal prostheses, neural prostheses, electrode technology, visual evoked responses, and implantable electrical systems. Additionally, he is a senior member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, the Biomedical Engineering Society, Sigma Xi, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Research Interests