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James M. Zavislan, Ph.D.

James M. Zavislan, Ph.D.

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Ophthalmology (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Education

PhD | University of Rochester. Laser Optics. 1988

BS | University of Rochester. Arts & Sciences. 1981

Research

Professor Zavislan received his B.S. degree with High Honors in Optics in 1981 and his Ph. D. degree in Optics in 1988 from the University of Rochester. From 1987 to 1992, he was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. In 1992 he co-founded Lucid, Inc. where he led the company's rese...
Professor Zavislan received his B.S. degree with High Honors in Optics in 1981 and his Ph. D. degree in Optics in 1988 from the University of Rochester. From 1987 to 1992, he was a Research Staff Member at IBM Almaden Research Center. In 1992 he co-founded Lucid, Inc. where he led the company's research and product development efforts. In 2002, he joined the faculty of The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester as an associate professor. He is also an associate professor of Department of Dermatology and of the Biomedical Engineering Department. He also serves as Director of Center for Institute Ventures, a program to provide pre-commercialization technology validation and research services. He is an inventor or co-inventor on 42 issued US patents, an author or co-author on 20 papers, and an co-editor of a book.

Research Areas
Research areas include improving the performance of optical imaging systems by modeling and measuring the coherence properties of light returned from objects of interest and adjacent objects not of interest. Applications for this research include biomedical imaging, material science, and remote sensing; optical design, optical fabrication, optical design using anisotropic optical materials, tolerancing of optical systems, and optical design for manufacturing.

Teaching Interests
Professor Zavislan's teaching interests are in the area of optical system analysis and optical engineering. He currently teaches taught the undergraduate Aberrations, Interferometry and Optical Testing course. He also teaches the Freshman Optical Laboratory course and the spring semester Senior Optical Laboratory course with Professor Teegarden.

Publications

Journal Articles

Temperatures of the Ocular Surface, Lid, and Periorbital Regions of Sjögren's, Evaporative, and Aqueous-Deficient Dry Eyes Relative to Normals.

Abreau K, Callan C, Kottaiyan R, Zhang A, Yoon G, Aquavella JV, Zavislan J, Hindman HB

The ocular surface.. 2016 January 14 (1):64-73. Epub 10/23/2015.

Red Light Modulates Ultraviolet-Induced Gene Expression in the Epidermis of Hairless Mice.

Myakishev-Rempel M, Stadler I, Polesskaya O, Motiwala AS, Nardia FB, Mintz B, Baranova A, Zavislan J, Lanzafame RJ

Photomedicine and laser surgery.. 2015 October 33 (10):498-503. Epub 09/23/2015.

Thermal analysis of dry eye subjects and the thermal impulse perturbation model of ocular surface.

Zhang A, Maki KL, Salahura G, Kottaiyan R, Yoon G, Hindman HB, Aquavella JV, Zavislan JM

Experimental eye research.. 2015 March 132 :231-9. Epub 01/26/2015.

Optical segmentation of unprocessed breast tissue for margin assessment.

Wilson RA, Zavislan JM, Schiffhauer LM

The Breast : official journal of the European Society of Mastology.. 2014 August 23 (4):413-22. Epub 05/21/2014.

Design and validation of two optical beacons for guidewire localization in breast-conserving surgery.

Wilson RA, McAleavey SA, Schiffhauer LM, Zavislan J

Applied optics.. 2013 June 1052 (17):4024-34. Epub 1900 01 01.

A coherent model for turbid imaging with confocal microscopy.

Glazowski CE, Zavislan J

Biomedical optics express.. 2013 April 14 (4):500-13. Epub 03/04/2013.

Noninvasive, objective, multimodal tear dynamics evaluation of 5 over-the-counter tear drops in a randomized controlled trial.

Tung CI, Kottaiyan R, Koh S, Wang Q, Yoon G, Zavislan JM, Davio SR, Aquavella JV

Cornea.. 2012 February 31 (2):108-14. Epub 1900 01 01.

Integrated multimodal metrology for objective and noninvasive tear evaluation.

Kottaiyan R, Yoon G, Wang Q, Yadav R, Zavislan JM, Aquavella JV

The ocular surface.. 2012 January 10 (1):43-50. Epub 01/08/2012.

Effect of airflow exposure on the tear meniscus.

Koh S, Tung C, Kottaiyan R, Zavislan J, Yoon G, Aquavella J

Journal of ophthalmology.. 2012 2012 :983182. Epub 04/10/2012.

Investigation of the peak action wavelength of light-activated gene transduction.

Myakishev-Rempel M, Kuper J, Mintz B, Hutchinson S, Voris J, Zavislan K, Offley S, Nardia FB, Yaseen Z, Yen T, Zavislan JM, Maloney MD, Schwarz EM

Gene therapy.. 2011 November 18 (11):1043-51. Epub 04/14/2011.

Simultaneous measurement of tear film dynamics using wavefront sensor and optical coherence tomography.

Koh S, Tung C, Aquavella J, Yadav R, Zavislan J, Yoon G

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2010 July 51 (7):3441-8. Epub 02/17/2010.

Modulation transfer function measurement of scanning reflectance microscopes.

Wang Z, Glazowski CE, Zavislan JM

Journal of biomedical optics.. 2007 12 (5):051802. Epub 1900 01 01.