Prof. Dr. Peter Koulen is a Professor of Ophthalmology and
Biomedical Sciences, and the Felix and Carmen Sabates Missouri Endowed Chair in
Vision Research, at the UMKC School of Medicine. He trained at the Max-Planck
Institute for Brain Research, Yale University, and the Marine Biological
Laboratory. His research focuses on basic research and therapy development for
chronic diseases of the eye and brain. He is an internationally recognized
expert in biophysics, biochemistry, and physiology of nerve cells, and his
research has been funded continually since 2002 by national and international
foundations and agencies including the NIH’s National Eye Institute, National
Institute on Aging, National Cancer Institute, National Center for Research
Resources, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
and the U.S. DOD among others. He is a review panel member for several national
and international funding agencies including the National Science Foundation,
the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Defense, and other
national and international government agencies and research foundations. The
University of Missouri–Kansas City Board of Trustees recognized Dr. Koulen with
the N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creativity. Through this
Faculty Award, the UMKC and the UMKC Trustees recognize the very best
faculty members, who have distinguished themselves through scholarship and
creativity.
