Robert Harrigan graduated with a bachelors of science (2011) in Imaging Science from The Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. During his time at RIT he worked in the Biomedical and Materials Imaging Lab. He also interned in the remote sensing field for Integrity Applications Inc. and Goodrich Corp. He obtained his Master's of Business Administration in 2013 from The University of Tennessee at Martin. He is now a PhD student in the electrical engineering program at Vanderbilt University under the supervision of Dr. Seth Smith and Dr. Bennett Landman. His research focuses on optic nerve segmentation through improved image acquisition in conjunction with improved processing techniques.