Luiz Claudio Portnoi Baran

Born on June, 2 , 1991 in the city of São Paulo (SP), is graduated in Biological Sciences by the Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (2015), has a Masters in Neuroscience and Behavior by the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo (2019) and a PhD in Neuroscience and Behavior by the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo (2024) . During his internship, has acquired experience in Celular Histophisiology in Animal Models, during the Masters, has acquired experience in Visual Function Evaluation through Psycophisical Methods (mainly Visual Acuity Evaluation), furthermore, he has coloborated in Genetics and Molecular Biology projects related to Visual Deficits, and during his PhD, he expanded his knowledge in Psycophisical Methods (Dark Adaption and Pupilometry) and acquired experience in Electrophysiological Methods (PERG, PVEP, ERG) in the evaluation of the retinal and cortical visual functions, in projects that investigate the Covid-19, Alzheimer's Disease and Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy on vision. Nowadays, he is a post-doctoral fellow in the Sensorial Psycophysiology Laboratory (LabVis) of the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo (IP-USP), where he continues to study Alzheimer's Disease through psycholophysical and electrophysiological methods, meanwhile takes part in other projects such as the study of Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)