Patrick Williams

Dept of Neuroscience
Email: patrickw@email.arizona.edu
Office: (520) 621-9668
Lab: (520) 621-8383

Mailing Address:
1040 E. 4th Street
Gould Simpson Building Room 611
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0077

• Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
• Publications
• Research Interests

Two questions particularly drive my work: How is visual information represented in the brain? And how is that information transformed as it progresses through the brain to a point where it is behaviorally useful? To address these questions, I have worked with the visual systems of monkeys, humans, and now flies. Since these animals all have their own specialized behaviors, their visual systems also vary in a way that reflects their behavioral needs. All of these animals have extraordinarily complex visual systems; though the systems differ greatly, I believe that as challenges are conquered in one organism, they can be used to advance our understanding in others.