Ethan Buhr, PhD
Research Associate ProfessorOverview
Undergraduate Education: BA, Biology, University of St. Thomas, 2000
Graduate Education: Ph.D., Neuroscience, Northwestern University, 2008
Post-Doctoral Education: Senior Fellow, Dept. Ophthalmology University of Washington 2009-2014
Memberships: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO); Optical Society of America (OSA); Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR)
Biography
Dr. Buhr earned his Ph.D. in 2008 studying neuroscience at Northwestern University in the laboratory of Dr. Joseph Takahashi. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington with Dr. Russell Van Gelder from 2009-2015.
He joined the Vision Science Center at the University of Washington in 2009 and the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington in 2015. Dr. Buhr lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.
Primary office
UW Medicine - Vision Science Center
Location:
South Lake Union
750 Republican Street, Bldg. E
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206-221-3262
Fax: 206-685-9315
Mailing Address:
Vision Science Center
Box 358058
750 Republican Street
Seattle, WA 98109
Research focus
Research in the Buhr laboratory focuses on circadian rhythms of the retina and other ocular tissues. A major focus area is the mechanisms by which circadian clocks within the eye become synchronized by light.
Lab
Publications
No publications are available at this time.