Currently I am an assistant professor at the University of Florida. Clinically I have interest and focus on exotic animal ophthalmology and microsurgical techniques. My research occupies a unique niche that combines vision and visual ecology. I seek to understand the role of multiple visual parameters simultaneously in order to better understand a given species' ‘visual space’. By taking a multifaceted approach to vision and studying interactions between vision components, questions can be answered that not only bridge the gap across disciplines, but also become translatable to other disciplines such as conservation biology and new biotechnology.