Dr. Joseph Bonanno received his MS in Biology (1977), OD (1981), and PhD in Physiological Optics (1987) from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bonanno did his postdoctoral work at Louisiana State University Department of Ophthalmology (1987-88) and the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physiology-Anatomy, 1988-89. He then joined the faculty at UC Berkeley School of Optometry in 1989 as Assistant Professor, where he obtained the rank of Professor in 1997. He joined the faculty of Indiana University School of Optometry in July 1998 as Professor of Optometry where he continues his research in corneal physiology and teaches biochemistry and physiology to the Optometry students. He served as Associate Dean for Research at the school from January 2005 to August 2007 when he was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Administration. Dr. Bonanno is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and a member of the American Physiological Society.

Research (including recent publications)

• Ion transport of the corneal endothelium
• Hypoxia preconditioning and apoptosis
• Variability in corneal swelling and oxygen consumption

V515 Biochemistry (syllabus, class notes, etc.)