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Curriculum Vitae

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Personal

• Born December 25, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
• Married to Elspeth Davidson, with two children, Megan & Cameron.

Education

• B.S. (Magna Cum Laude), Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1970
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1972
• Ph.D., Physiological Optics, University of California, Berkeley, 1975

Academic Appointments

• Post-doctoral Fellow (N.I.H.), Department of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (11/75-11/77).
• Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (11/77-6/83).
• Assistant Professor of Visual Science, Indiana University (9/83-7/89)
• Visiting Fellow, Visual Neurosciences Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.(10/86 - 1/87)
• Adjunct Professor of Neural Science, Indiana University (1987-present)
• Associate Professor of Visual Science, Indiana University (from 7/89)
• Member of Cognitive Sciences Faculty, Indiana University (1991-present)
• Visiting Fellow, Visual Neurosciences Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.(4/92 - 6/92)
• Visiting Fellow, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (7/92)
• Professor of Optometry & Visual Science, Indiana University (from 7/94)
• Visiting Fellow, Visual Neurosciences Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.(5/96 - 7/96)

Doctoral Dissertation

• The Control of Retinal Intensity-Response Function by Antagonistic Receptive Fields. (F.S. Werblin, supervisor). Published as two papers in The Journal of Physiology, Lond., 1978.

Professional Society Membership

• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Optical Society of America
• American Academy of Optometry
• Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• S X Research Society

Research Interests

• Information processing by the retina and the role of retinal organization and visual optics in setting the limits to visual performance.
• Contributions in mammalian retinal neurophysiology, visual psychophysics, signal detection theory, communication theory, and visual optics.

Teaching Experience

graduate

• Visual neurophysiology
• Visual psychophysics
• Quantitative methods
• Visual optics
• Research seminars
• Master's research
• Doctoral research

professional

• Visual neurophysiology
• Visual psychophysics

Awards, Honors and Promotions

• Nominated to the graduate faculty at Indiana University in 1984 and promoted to full member in 1987.
• Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (1987)
• Promoted to Associate Professor of Visual Sciences with tenure (1989)
• Elected Presider of the Faculty, School of Optometry (1989)
• Re-elected Presider of the Faculty, School of Optometry (1990)
• Re-elected Presider of the Faculty, School of Optometry (1991)
• "Best Paper Award" winner, 1991 scientific meeting of the Society for Information Display.
• Ad hoc member of National Eye Institute, Vision-B study section (4/91 and 7/91)
• Appointed chair of IU Academic Computing Policy Committee (1992-93).
• Re-appointed chair of IU Academic Computing Policy Committee (1993-94).
• Appointed topical editor for Journal of the Optical Society of America, (1993-96)
• Appointed to Editorial Board, Optometry and Vision Science (1993-1996).
• Promoted to Professor of Optometry & Visual Sciences (1994)
• Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (1996)
• Glenn Fry Award for Vision Research, American Optometric Foundation (1997)

Service Activities

Department

• Graduate program development committee. (1984-85)
• Faculty salary review committee. (1985)
• Search committee for new faculty. (1985)
• Technical advisor on departmental computing. (1984-88)

School

• Faculty presider (1989-92)
• Chairman of committee for technological development (1989-92)
• Academic Fairness Committee. (1987-90)
• Library committee. (1983-90)
• Support-services committee. (1984-88)
• Word-processing and graphics-processing committee. (1984-87)
• Class sponsor (Optometry class of 1989).
• Technical supervisor, electronics workshop. (1988-present)
• Supervisor, Optometry Local Area Computer Network (1989-1994)
• Internal reviewer, Biomedical Research Support Grant (1986)
• Contributing author to self-study for Committee on Optometric Education. (1991)
• Research advisory committee to the Assoc. Dean for Research (1993)
• Administrative Advisory Committee, Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research (1995-)
• Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee (1996)
• Search & screen committee for 5 new faculty members (1996-97)

University

• Search committee for Dean of the School of Optometry. (1987-88)
• Research Exposition representative for the School of Optometry. (1986)
• Acting Director, Institute for Study of Human Capabilities (9/91-1/92)
• IUB Faculty Leaders Group (of Bloom. Faculty Council) (1990-92)
• Academic Computing Policy Committee (1990-93)
• Chair, Academic Computing Policy Committee (1992-94)
• Executive Committee, Academic Computing Policy Committee (94-96)
• Review committee, Summer Faculty Fellowships (RUGS) (1991-93)
• Search committee, Faculty Consultant for Statistical Consortium (1994)
• New Computing Initiatives Grant Review Committee (OIT) (1994-96)
• Administrative Review Committee for Dean Jack Bennett (Office of the Chancellor) (1995)
• Review Panel, Pew Scholars Program (1995, 1996)

National

• Editorial reviewer for
  • The Journal of the Optical Society of America
  • Applied Optics
  • Vision Research
  • Optometry and Vision Science
  • Ophthalmic and Visual Optics
  • Investigative Ophthalmology
  • Visual Neuroscience
  • Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers
  • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
• Grant reviewer for
  • The National Science Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health (VISB)
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
  • New York University Challenge Fund.
• Site visit review team for the School of Optometry, Univ. of Waterloo to evaluate an application for a Strategic Grant Award from the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (7/91).
• Topical editor for "Clinical Vision and Visual Optics", Journal of the Optical Society of America, (1993-96)
• Editorial Board, Optometry and Vision Science (1993-1996).
• Program Committee for the Annual Meeting, American Academy of Optometry. (1989-present)
• Program Editor, Annual Meeting of American Academy of Optometry. (1992-present)
• Vice Chair, Medical Optics Group, Optical Society of America. (1993-96)
• National Chair, Taskforce on Electronic Optometric Records, Assoc. of Schools & Colleges of Optometry. (1993-96)
• Review Taskforce for Optometry and Vison Science, the academic publication of the American Academy of Optometry. (11/92)
• Leadership Development Taskforce, American Academy of Optometry. (6/93)
• Facilitator for Clinical Research Workshop sponsored by American Academy of Optomety and American Optometric Association. (8/94)
• Chairman, Applied Vision Technical Group, Optical Society of America. (1994-96)
• Chair of search committee for Chief Editor of Optometry and Vision Science (1995)
• International Program Committee, Mopane-96 meeting on visual optics, Rep. S. Africa (1996).
• Chair, Vision Division of Optical Society of America, (1997-98)
• Executive Council, Optical Society of America, (1997-98)

Service Grants

• Indiana Universtiy Computing Service, Departmental Computing Program, competitive equipment grants obtained by Optometry Technology Committee five consecutive years (1989-93)
• American Academy of Optometry, world-wide web development (faculty supervisor) (1995-98)

Graduate Theses Directed (* indicates chairmanship)

1. David Walsh* (1984-5) Peripheral Visual Acuity: Oblique and Meridional Effects. (M.S.)
2. Michael Smolek* (1984-6) Analysis of Bovine Ocular Distension via Real-time Holographic Interferometry. (Ph.D.)
3. Peter Osuobeni (1984-6) Monocular Vernier Acuity in Normally Binocular, Monocular, and Amblyopic-mated Eyes. (Ph.D.)
4. Douglas K. Penisten (1984-8) Visual Motion Sensitivity in the Fly Medulla. (Ph.D.)
5. Daphne L. McCulloch (1984-8) Visual Evoked Potential Measures of Binocularity. (Ph.D.)
6. Frank E. Cheney* (1985-89) Detection Acuity in the Peripheral Retina. (M.S.)
7. David L. Still* (1985-89) Optical Limits to Contrast Sensitivity in Human Peripheral Vision. (Ph.D.)
8. Xiaoxiao Zhang (1987-90) Ocular Chromatic Aberrations and their Effects on Polychromatic Retinal Image Quality. (Ph.D)
9. Ming Ye (1989-93) Effects of Ocular Optics on Perceived Visual Direction and Depth. (Ph.D.)
10. Michael O. Wilkinson* (1988-94) Neural Basis of Photopic and Scotopic Acuity. (Ph.D.)
11. Roger S. Anderson* (1990-94) Spatial and Retinal Factors Limiting Acuity Across the Visual Field. (Ph.D.)
12. Liang Cai (1992-94) Visual Acuity under Dim Light With and Without Night Vsion Goggles (M.S.)
13. Mitoshi Kato (1992-94) (M.S.)
14. Maurice Rynders (1990-94) Impact of the Stiles-Crawford Effect on Visual Function (Ph.D.)
15. Yizhong Wang* (1991- 96) Filtering, Sampling and Aliasing in Peripheral Vision. (Ph.D.)
16. Mark Hallett (1990 - ) Studies of Photoreceptor Cytoskeleton in Vertebrate Rods. (Ph.D.)
17. David Evans (1993 - ) Studies of Ocular Blood Flow in Glaucoma. (Ph.D.)
18. Thomas O. Salmon* (1992 - ) Corneal Contributions to the Optical Aberrations of the Eye. (Ph.D.)

Research Grants (* indicates competitive)

• American Optometric Foundation Student Fellowship*, retinal neurophysiology (1973-4)
• Fight for Sight Student fellowship*, retinal neurophysiology (1974-5)
• National Institutes of Health (National Eye Institute) individual post-doctoral fellowship*, retinal neurophysiology (1975-77)
• National Institutes of Health (National Eye Institute)*, peripheral vision and visual optics, R01-EY05109 (1984-present)
• Traveling Fellowship*, Visual Neurosciences Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.(1987)
• American Academy of Optometry (faculty supervisor)*, peripheral vision (1985)
• Randwal Corporation, interferometric visual optics (co-p.i.) (1986)
• Auxiliary of the American Optometric Association*, peripheral vision (collaborating investigator), (1987)
• Biomedical Research Support Grant (N.I.H.) S07-RR5962 (1987)
• Air Force Office of Scientific Research award 870089 to the Indiana Institute for the Study of Human Capabilities*, peripheral vision (co-P.I.) (1987-93)
• Mentor Corporation, interferometric visual optics (co-p.i.) (1987)
• Indiana University Intercampus Research Fund*, vision in cataract, (collaborating investigator) (1990-92)
• Traveling Fellowship*, Visual Neurosciences Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.(1992)
• Traveling Fellowship*, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia (1992)
• American Academy of Optometry (faculty supervisor)*, visual optics (1993)
• Smith & Wesson, Inc., flash-blinding in peripheral vision, (PI) (1996)
• Traveling Fellowship*, Visual Neurosciences Unit, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.(1996)