Dr. Raunak Sinha

Biography

Raunak Sinha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on visual experiences such as reading and recognizing faces, particularly how they relate to the fovea and visual processing. Sinha’s work aims to understand the cellular and synaptic mechanisms that produce behaviorally relevant visual information, with an emphasis on the primate fovea. His laboratory conducts studies that assess the functional properties of individual retinal neurons and explore the anatomical properties of retinal circuits. Using a combinatorial approach, Sinha’s lab has gained insights into the mechanisms underlying foveal function and how these computations differ from non-foveal retina. The lab also aims to understand the physiological and anatomical specializations that define high-acuity foveal vision, with the ultimate goal of developing strategies to restore foveal vision in individuals suffering from conditions such as macular degeneration, where understanding the computational structure of the fovea is critically important.

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