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Volker Enzmann, Ph.D.

University of Louisville

In-Vitro Retinal Physiology

Dr. Volker Enzmann received his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig, Germany in 1995. He accepted a Post-doctoral position in the Department of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine in that University, where he then worked as Lab Supervisor at the research laboratories between 1998-2000. After his move to the United States, he became a Research Assistant at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, KY. Here he was appointed as an Instructor in 2001. Dr. Enzmann continues his research in stem cell transplantation as a possible therapy for age-related macular degeneration at the University of Louisville.

Dr. Enzmann performs in vivo research on animals to determine how the retina responds to different external stimuli. During the experiments, he activates the microfabricated electrode array in the subretinal space with electrical and visual stimuli. Through his research, he hopes to determine the variables needed to initiate EEPs and VEPs, and to make comparisons between an epiretinal and a subretinal approach. Ultimately, in collaboration with the engineers at the University of Louisville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University, he hopes to permanently implant a microfabricated electrode in the subretinal space to restore vision.

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