Chuan-Chin Chiao (焦傳金) Associate Professor Institute of Systems Neuroscience & Institute of Molecular Medicine & Department of Life Science National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Phone 886-3-574-2464 Fax 886-3-571-5934 Office LSII-646 Lab LSII-639 E-mail ccchiao@life.nthu.edu.tw Lab website http://life.nthu.edu.tw/~labccc/lab_homepage.htm Adjunct Scientist (since 2007) Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA Visiting Scientist (fall, 2008) Department of Cognitive Sciences University of California, Irvine, USA Academic background Assistant Professor (2002-2008) - National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Postdoc (2000-2002) - Harvard University, USA Grass Fellow (2000) - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA PhD (1994-2000) - University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA BS (1987-1991) - National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Research interests (full description) I am interested in a variety of vision related topics. This includes: retinal neurobiology, visual camouflage, visual ecology, visual perception, and retinal prosthesis. Multidisciplinary approaches are undertaken in the lab to seek deep understanding of vision in the context of biology. Teaching Life science I & II (biology major) Molecular and cellular biology I Cellular Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Graduate seminar Contemporary Cognitive Neuroscience: Brain and Mind Recent publications (complete list) Yang Y.-T., Lin P.-K., Wan C., Yang W.-C., Lin L.-J., Wu C.-Y., and Chiao C.-C. Responses of rabbit retinal ganglion cells to subretinal electrical stimulation using a silicon-based microphotodiode array. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (in press). Chen Y.-P. and Chiao C.-C. Functional expression of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the rabbit retinal ganglion cells. Brain Research (in press). Buresch K.C., Mäthger L.M., Allen J.J., Bennice C., Smith N., Schram J., Chiao C.-C., Chubb C., and Hanlon R.T. The use of background matching versus masquerade for camouflage in cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Vision Research (in press). Chubb C., Scofield I., Chiao C.-C., and Sperling G. Analyzing the dimensions of preattentive visual sensitivity. Journal of Mathematical Psychology (in press). Chiao C.-C., Wickiser J.K., Allen J.J., Genter B., and Hanlon R.T. Hyperspectral imaging of cuttlefish camouflage indicates good color match in the eyes of fish predators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108:9148-9153 (2011). Hanlon R.T., Chiao C.-C., Mäthger L.M., Buresch K.C., Barbosa A., Allen J.J., Siemann L., and Chubb C. Rapid adaptive camouflage in cephalopods. In Animal Camouflage: mechanisms and functions, edited by Stevens M. and Merilaita S., p145-163, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2011). Shashar N., Johnsen S., Lerner A., Sabbah S., Chiao C.-C., Mäthger L., and Hanlon R.T. Underwater linear polarization - physical limitations to biological functions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 366:649-654 (2011).

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