Ehsan Vaghefi
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Biography
Ehsan Vaghefi is a bioengineer who has developed the biomedical imaging methods (MRI, micro-CT and laser ray-tracing) to image the physiological optics of the ocular lens. He obtained his PhD in 2010 from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) at the University of Auckland. In that project he used MRI techniques to visualize circulating ion and fluid fluxes in the lens and to develop a 3D finite element model that encapsulates lens structure and function. He has continued this work as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow within the Molecular Vision Lab, while contributing to the teaching of physiological optics to undergraduate Optometry students. Jason Turuwhenua is currently a Research Fellow at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand, with a joint appointment in the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, where he teaches physiological optics. His research interests include optics, computer vision and image processing, with a particular emphasis on understanding how engineering approaches can be applied for clinical use. Previous work has included research on numerical methods for reconstructing corneal topography, and modeling the optics of the eye using ray-tracing.