William Ngo

William Ngo
Assistant Professor
Location: OPT 255
Phone: 519-888-4567 x40857
Status: Active

Biography

Dr. William Ngo received his OD (2011) and PhD (2016) from the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (2017-2019). Dr. Ngo then served as the Head of Biosciences at the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (2019-2021). Dr. Ngo aims to advance the understanding of human ocular surface disease using a combination of computational, wet-lab, and clinical techniques.

Currently accepting applications for PhDs and postdocs with backgrounds in cell or molecular biology.

Research Interests

  • Human clinical testing related to the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction
  • Cellular physiology and their response to stress and damage
  • Discovery of drugs and biologics for modulating inflammation
  • Drug Discovery, Design and Delivery
  • Disease Detection and Modelling
  • Bioinformatics, Systematics and Evolution
  • Physiology, Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Ocular Biology

Education

  • OD (Waterloo)
  • PhD (Waterloo)

Teaching*

  • OPTOM 105 - Medical Microbiology
    • Taught in 2024
  • OPTOM 670 - Vision Science Part 1
    • Taught in 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Graduate studies