Projects
Each of the 12 young researchers is embedded in an individual personalised scientific project covering the overall research topic of the OpAL consortium.
The proposed research projects will elucidate the limits of visual performance, have direct implications for optical correction strategies (spectacles, refractive surgery) and for the understanding how different mono- and polychromatic aberrations limit vision and sensitivity in low light environments. The research will improve the understanding of the cues that drive accommodation and emmetropization, the mechanisms by which neural processing in the eye can “sharpen” degraded retinal images and how visual performance is affected by diurnal factors.
| Network Partner | Supervisor | Work-package | Research Project | Young Researchers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP1 Tuebingen GERMANY | Frank Schaeffel | 2.3 | Polychromatic photorefraction, fundal reflectance and chromatic aberration | Yun Chen (ESR) |
| NP1 Tuebingen GERMANY | Frank Schaeffel | 3.2 | Fixational eye movements to low luminance stimuli | Ulrich Wildenmann (ESR) |
| NP2 Murcia, SPAIN | Pablo Artal | 4.1 | Impact of eye’s aberrations on visual performance at low luminance | Dimitrios Christaras (ESR) |
| NP2 Murcia, SPAIN | Pablo Artal | 6.1 | Intraocular scattering: new measuring techniques, sources and impact in vision | Alexandros Pennos (ESR) |
| NP3 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Linda Lundstrom + Peter Unsbo | 1.1 | Sensitivity and adaptation to optical blur in the periphery | Abinaya Priya Venkataraman (ESR) |
| NP3 Stockholm, SWEDEN | Linda Lundstrom + Peter Unsbo | 2.1 | Role of ocular chromatic aberration in peripheral vision | Simon Winter (ESR) |
| NP4 Madrid, SPAIN | Susana Marcos | 1.2 | Adaptation to the optical blur produced by high order aberrations | Aiswaryah Radhakrishnan (ESR) |
| NP4 Madrid, SPAIN | Susana Marcos | 3.1 | Role of ocular aberrations on accommodation dynamics | Mengchan Sun (ESR) |
| NP5 Heraklion, Greece | Harilaos Ginis + Ioannis Pallikaris | 1.4 | Using artificial neural networks to model long-term adaptation to changes in the wavefront aberration | Ebrahim Kamrani (ESR) |
| NP5 Heraklion, Greece | Harilaos Ginis + Ioannis Pallikaris | 6.2 | Light scatter in eye and its impact on vision | Onurcan Sahin (ESR) |
| NP 6 Rodenstock GmbH, Germany | Gregor Esser | 5.1 and 1.3 | Diurnal variations of visual performance and Algorithms of visual processing to adapt to optical aberrations | Yohann Benard (ER) |
| NP 6 Rodenstock GmbH, Germany | Gregor Esser + Anne Seidemann | 5.1 and 2.2 | Diurnal variations of visual performance and Role of ocular chromatic aberration of the eye optics on vision | Mohammad Taghi Fathi (ER), Munich |