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Jennifer J. Hunter, Ph.D.

Jennifer J. Hunter, Ph.D.

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About Me

Faculty Appointments

Adjunct Associate Professor - Department of Ophthalmology (SMD)

Adjunct Associate Professor - Center for Visual Science A&S (RC) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Associate; Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; David Williams (supervisor) 2006 - 2010

Education

PhD | Canada - University of Waterloo. Physics and Vision Science. 2007

MSc | Canada - University of Waterloo. Physics. 2001

BSc | Canada - University of Waterloo. Physics. 1999

Research

Dr. Hunter's research interests include mechanisms of light-induced retinal damage and development of non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques to study retinal function in healthy and diseased eyes.
Dr. Hunter's research interests include mechanisms of light-induced retinal damage and development of non-invasive fluorescence imaging techniques to study retinal function in healthy and diseased eyes.

Publications

Journal Articles

Multispectral label-free cellular imaging of human retinal pigment epithelium using adaptive optics fluorescence lifetime ophthalmoscopy improves feasibility for low emission analysis and increases sensitivity for detecting changes with age and eccentricity.

Kunala K, Tang JAH, Parkins K, Hunter JJ

Journal of biomedical optics.. 2024 June 29 (Suppl 2):S22707. Epub 07/03/2024.

Near Infrared Autofluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy.

Kunala K, Tang JAH, Bowles Johnson KE, Huynh KT, Parkins K, Kim HJ, Yang Q, Sparrow JR, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2024 May 165 (5):27. Epub 1900 01 01.

Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Pentosan Polysulfate Toxicity Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscopy.

Bowles Johnson KE, Tang JAH, Kunala K, Huynh KT, Parkins K, Yang Q, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2024 April 165 (4):27. Epub 1900 01 01.

Spectral Dependence of Light Exposure on Retinal Pigment Epithelium Disruption in Living Primate Retina.

Zhang J, Sabarinathan R, Bubel T, Jia W, Williams DR, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2024 February 165 (2):43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Erratum: Adaptive optics fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy of human retinal pigment epithelium: erratum.

Tang JAH, Granger CE, Kunala K, Parkins K, Huynh KT, Bowles-Johnson K, Yang Q, Hunter JJ

Biomedical optics express.. 2023 April 114 (4):1544. Epub 03/17/2023.

Separate lifetime signatures of macaque S cones, M/L cones, and rods observed with adaptive optics fluorescence lifetime ophthalmoscopy.

Huynh KT, Walters S, Foley EK, Hunter JJ

Scientific reports.. 2023 February 1113 (1):2456. Epub 02/11/2023.

Adaptive optics fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy of human retinal pigment epithelium.

Tang JAH, Granger CE, Kunala K, Parkins K, Huynh KT, Bowles-Johnson K, Yang Q, Hunter JJ

Biomedical optics express.. 2022 March 113 (3):1737-1754. Epub 02/25/2022.

Adaptive optics two-photon excited fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy of photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium in the living non-human primate eye.

Walters S, Feeks JA, Huynh KT, Hunter JJ

Biomedical optics express.. 2022 January 113 (1):389-407. Epub 12/17/2021.

Imaging Transplanted Photoreceptors in Living Nonhuman Primates with Single-Cell Resolution.

Aboualizadeh E, Phillips MJ, McGregor JE, DiLoreto DA, Strazzeri JM, Dhakal KR, Bateman B, Jager LD, Nilles KL, Stuedemann SA, Ludwig AL, Hunter JJ, Merigan WH, Gamm DM, Williams DR

Stem cell reports.. 2020 August 1115 (2):482-497. Epub 07/23/2020.

Localized Photoreceptor Ablation Using Femtosecond Pulses Focused With Adaptive Optics.

Dhakal KR, Walters S, McGregor JE, Schwarz C, Strazzeri JM, Aboualizadeh E, Bateman B, Huxlin KR, Hunter JJ, Williams DR, Merigan WH

Translational vision science & technology.. 2020 June 9 (7):16. Epub 06/16/2020.

Imaging Retinal Activity in the Living Eye.

Hunter JJ, Merigan WH, Schallek JB

Annual review of vision science.. 2019 September 155 :15-45. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cellular-scale evaluation of induced photoreceptor degeneration in the living primate eye.

Walters S, Schwarz C, Sharma R, Rossi EA, Fischer WS, DiLoreto DA, Strazzeri J, Nelidova D, Roska B, Hunter JJ, Williams DR, Merigan WH

Biomedical optics express.. 2019 January 110 (1):66-82. Epub 12/05/2018.

Selective S Cone Damage and Retinal Remodeling Following Intense Ultrashort Pulse Laser Exposures in the Near-Infrared.

Schwarz C, Sharma R, Cheong SK, Keller M, Williams DR, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2018 December 359 (15):5973-5984. Epub 1900 01 01.

Adaptive optics two-photon excited fluorescence lifetime imaging ophthalmoscopy of exogenous fluorophores in mice.

Feeks JA, Hunter JJ

Biomedical optics express.. 2017 May 18 (5):2483-2495. Epub 04/17/2017.

Imaging individual neurons in the retinal ganglion cell layer of the living eye.

Rossi EA, Granger CE, Sharma R, Yang Q, Saito K, Schwarz C, Walters S, Nozato K, Zhang J, Kawakami T, Fischer W, Latchney LR, Hunter JJ, Chung MM, Williams DR

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 2017 January 17114 (3):586-591. Epub 01/03/2017.

Formation and Clearance of All-Trans-Retinol in Rods Investigated in the Living Primate Eye With Two-Photon Ophthalmoscopy.

Sharma R, Schwarz C, Hunter JJ, Palczewska G, Palczewski K, Williams DR

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2017 January 158 (1):604-613. Epub 1900 01 01.

Safety assessment in macaques of light exposures for functional two-photon ophthalmoscopy in humans.

Schwarz C, Sharma R, Fischer WS, Chung M, Palczewska G, Palczewski K, Williams DR, Hunter JJ

Biomedical optics express.. 2016 December 17 (12):5148-5169. Epub 11/16/2016.

Two-Photon Autofluorescence Imaging Reveals Cellular Structures Throughout the Retina of the Living Primate Eye.

Sharma R, Williams DR, Palczewska G, Palczewski K, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2016 February 57 (2):632-46. Epub 1900 01 01.

In Vivo Two-Photon Fluorescence Kinetics of Primate Rods and Cones.

Sharma R, Schwarz C, Williams DR, Palczewska G, Palczewski K, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2016 February 57 (2):647-57. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cone and rod loss in Stargardt disease revealed by adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy.

Song H, Rossi EA, Latchney L, Bessette A, Stone E, Hunter JJ, Williams DR, Chung M

JAMA ophthalmology.. 2015 October 133 (10):1198-203. Epub 1900 01 01.

Rod photopigment kinetics after photodisruption of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Masella BD, Hunter JJ, Williams DR

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2014 October 1455 (11):7535-44. Epub 10/14/2014.

New wrinkles in retinal densitometry.

Masella BD, Hunter JJ, Williams DR

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2014 October 1455 (11):7525-34. Epub 10/14/2014.

Noninvasive two-photon microscopy imaging of mouse retina and retinal pigment epithelium through the pupil of the eye.

Palczewska G, Dong Z, Golczak M, Hunter JJ, Williams DR, Alexander NS, Palczewski K

Nature medicine.. 2014 July 20 (7):785-9. Epub 06/22/2014.

Endogenous fluorophores enable two-photon imaging of the primate eye.

Palczewska G, Golczak M, Williams DR, Hunter JJ, Palczewski K

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2014 June 2655 (7):4438-47. Epub 06/26/2014.

Long-term reduction in infrared autofluorescence caused by infrared light below the maximum permissible exposure.

Masella BD, Williams DR, Fischer W, Rossi EA, Hunter JJ

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2014 May 2055 (6):3929-38. Epub 05/20/2014.

Focal damage to macaque photoreceptors produces persistent visual loss.

Strazzeri JM, Hunter JJ, Masella BD, Yin L, Fischer WS, Diloreto DA, Libby RT, Williams DR, Merigan WH

Experimental eye research.. 2014 February 119 :88-96. Epub 12/05/2013.

In vivo two-photon imaging of the mouse retina.

Sharma R, Yin L, Geng Y, Merigan WH, Palczewska G, Palczewski K, Williams DR, Hunter JJ

Biomedical optics express.. 2013 4 (8):1285-93. Epub 07/09/2013.

Toward an understanding of bisretinoid autofluorescence bleaching and recovery.

Yamamoto K, Zhou J, Hunter JJ, Williams DR, Sparrow JR

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2012 June 853 (7):3536-44. Epub 06/08/2012.

Longitudinal in vivo imaging of cones in the alert chicken.

Kisilak ML, Bunghardt K, Hunter JJ, Irving EL, Campbell MC

Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry.. 2012 May 89 (5):644-51. Epub 1900 01 01.

The susceptibility of the retina to photochemical damage from visible light.

Hunter JJ, Morgan JI, Merigan WH, Sliney DH, Sparrow JR, Williams DR

Progress in retinal and eye research.. 2012 January 31 (1):28-42. Epub 11/10/2011.

Intravitreal injection of AAV2 transduces macaque inner retina.

Yin L, Greenberg K, Hunter JJ, Dalkara D, Kolstad KD, Masella BD, Wolfe R, Visel M, Stone D, Libby RT, Diloreto D, Schaffer D, Flannery J, Williams DR, Merigan WH

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2011 April 2552 (5):2775-83. Epub 04/25/2011.

Images of photoreceptors in living primate eyes using adaptive optics two-photon ophthalmoscopy.

Hunter JJ, Masella B, Dubra A, Sharma R, Yin L, Merigan WH, Palczewska G, Palczewski K, Williams DR

Biomedical optics express.. 2010 December 172 (1):139-48. Epub 12/17/2010.

In vivo imaging of microscopic structures in the rat retina.

Geng Y, Greenberg KP, Wolfe R, Gray DC, Hunter JJ, Dubra A, Flannery JG, Williams DR, Porter J

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2009 December 50 (12):5872-9. Epub 07/02/2009.

The reduction of retinal autofluorescence caused by light exposure.

Morgan JI, Hunter JJ, Merigan WH, Williams DR

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2009 December 50 (12):6015-22. Epub 07/23/2009.

In-vivo imaging of retinal nerve fiber layer vasculature: imaging histology comparison.

Scoles D, Gray DC, Hunter JJ, Wolfe R, Gee BP, Geng Y, Masella BD, Libby RT, Russell S, Williams DR, Merigan WH

BMC ophthalmology.. 2009 August 239 :9. Epub 08/23/2009.

Blur on the retina due to higher-order aberrations: comparison of eye growth models to experimental data.

Hunter JJ, Campbell MC, Kisilak ML, Irving EL

Journal of vision.. 2009 June 249 (6):12.1-20. Epub 06/24/2009.

Depolarization properties of the optic nerve head: the effect of age.

Bueno JM, Cookson CJ, Hunter JJ, Kisilak ML, Campbell MC

Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists).. 2009 May 29 (3):247-55. Epub 1900 01 01.

Light-induced retinal changes observed with high-resolution autofluorescence imaging of the retinal pigment epithelium.

Morgan JI, Hunter JJ, Masella B, Wolfe R, Gray DC, Merigan WH, Delori FC, Williams DR

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.. 2008 August 49 (8):3715-29. Epub 04/11/2008.

In chicks wearing high powered negative lenses, spherical refraction is compensated and oblique astigmatism is induced

Kisilak,Marsha L.; Hunter,Jennifer J.; Huang,Lan; Campbell,Melanie C. W.; Irving,Elizabeth L.;.

J.Mod.Opt. 2008; 55(4-5): 611-623.

Characterizing image quality in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope with differing pinholes and induced scattered light.

Hunter JJ, Cookson CJ, Kisilak ML, Bueno JM, Campbell MC

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision.. 2007 May 24 (5):1284-95. Epub 1900 01 01.

Improved scanning laser fundus imaging using polarimetry.

Bueno JM, Hunter JJ, Cookson CJ, Kisilak ML, Campbell MC

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision.. 2007 May 24 (5):1337-48. Epub 1900 01 01.

Miopia y aberraciones en adultos jovene

Bueno,J. M.; Hunter,J. J.; Campbell,M. C. W.;.

Gaceta Optica. 2007; 413: 20-26.

Potential effect on the retinoscopic reflex of scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia.

Hunter JJ, Campbell MC

Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry.. 2006 September 83 (9):649-56. Epub 1900 01 01.

Aberrations of chick eyes during normal growth and lens induction of myopia.

Kisilak ML, Campbell MC, Hunter JJ, Irving EL, Huang L

Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology.. 2006 August 192 (8):845-55. Epub 03/31/2006.

Optical analysis of an accommodating intraocular lens.

Hunter JJ, Campbell MC, Geraghty E

Journal of cataract and refractive surgery.. 2006 February 32 (2):269-78. Epub 1900 01 01.

Polarization and confocal ophthalmoscopy

Bueno,J. M.; Hunter,J. J.; Cookson,C. J.; Kisilak,M. L.; Campbell,M. C. W.;.

Opt Pura Apl. 2006; 39(3): 225-233.

Potential effect on the retinoscopic reflex of scleral expansion surgery for presbyopia

Hunter,J. J.; Campbell,M. C.;.

Optom.Vis.Sci. 2006; 83(9): 649-656.

Raman spectra of molecular crystals at high pressures: V. Iodine cyanide

Anderson,A.; Hunter,J.;.

J.Raman Spectrosc. 2000; 31(11): 955-958.