Principal Investigator
Laboratory Manager
Dr. Akshay Parchure completed bachelor's and master’s degrees from the University of Central Lancashire and Newcastle University, both in the United Kingdom. While working as a graduate teaching assistant, he completed a master’s degree in psychology and a doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington. He gained valuable experience working as a research associate/lab manager at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas before joining the Davis Laboratory at the John A. Moran Eye Center. He firmly believes that the business and economics of science must work in tandem with research to create innovative products leading to groundbreaking therapeutic interventions.
Graduate Research Assistants
Dylan Jensen completed his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience while also majoring in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His academic journey sparked a passion for systems neuroscience, leading him to pursue a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Utah in the Davis Lab. He is broadly interested in understanding the dynamic mechanisms of attention and their influence on cortical systems. Specifically, Dylan's research focuses on the role of attention/cortical circuit interactions in perception, decision-making, and consciousness, as well as its implications for retinal degeneration and disorders like ADHD. One of his influences is that the philosophy of science and the mind should not be overlooked by scientists, as it provides a critical means for a deeper understanding of the questions that guide our interests.
Emma Rudolph earned an Honours Bachelor of Science with a double major in neuroscience and biology from St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto in 2021. She completed her Master of Science in Clinical Neuroscience in 2023 from the University of Galway in Ireland. During her time there, she conducted research to complete her dissertation on the microstructural organization of the arcuate fasciculus and frontal aslant tract in relation to attentive listening and auditory perception under the supervision of Professor Dara Cannon.