Mike Manookin

Undergraduate Education: BA, Linguistics, Brigham Young University, 2002

Graduate Education: MA, Linguistics, Brigham Young University, 2004 PhD, Neuroscience, University of Michigan, 2009

Post-Doctoral Education: Senior Fellow, Dept. Biological Structure, University of Washington 2009-11

Senior Fellow, Dept. Ophthalmology University of Washington 2011-14

Memberships: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Dr. Manookin earned his Ph.D. in 2009 studying Neuroscience from the University of Michigan. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington with Drs. Maureen and Jay Neitz from 2011 to 2014.

Dr. Manookin earned his Ph.D. in 2009 studying Neuroscience from the University of Michigan. He completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Washington with Drs. Maureen and Jay Neitz from 2011 to 2014.He joined the Vision Science Center at University of Washington in 2012 and the faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at University of Washington in 2014.  Dr. Manookin lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.

UW Medicine – Vision Science Center

Location:  South Lake Union 750 Republican St., Bldg. E. Seattle, WA 98108 Phone: 206-616-8488  Fax: 206-685-9315 Mailing Address:

Vision Science Center Box 359608 750 Republican St., Bldg. E. Seattle, WA 98108 Academic Phone: 206-543-7250

2000-2001 Office of Research and Creative Activities Research Scholarship Recipient, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

2005  National Eye Institute Travel Award Recipient, ARVO meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2008  Invited Speaker, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing Meeting, Snowmass Village, CO

Research in the Manookin laboratory focused on the retinal encoding of the visual scene and the treatment of blindness. The laboratory has made considerable progress in understanding how retinal interneurons contribute to encoding of visual information. We are currently collaborating with the Van Gelder laboratory on the physiology of intrinsically photosensitive ganglion cells. In addition, the laboratory will be collaborating with the Van Gelder, Neitz, and Mustari laboratories to develop photoswitches for the treatment of blindness.