Simon John

Dr. John studied Zoology and genetics at University College Cardiff, Wales before completing his PhD at McGill University (Montreal, Canada, with Drs. Rima Rozen and Charles Scriver). After a postdoctoral position (with Nobel laureate Dr. Oliver Smithies), he started his independent research group at The Jackson laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine). He remained in Maine for >24 years with promotion to Professor. In 2019, he joined the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia university, New York. His research has largely focused on glaucoma and his team’s research has been honored with a variety of national and international awards