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Forschungsinstitut fuer Augenheilkunde
INSTITUTE FOR OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH
FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FÜR AUGENHEILKUNDE

Head of the Lab

  • Dr. sc. hum.
  • M. Sc. Computer Science
  • Research group leader
  • Principal investigator “Maintaining sharp vision even in old age”
  • Principal investigator “VA-CAL IIS”

Members of the Lab

Evi Kanz

  • Secretary

Theo Oltrup

  • Chief Engineer
  • Diploma Engineer

Marvin Bende

  • Ph. D. Student
  • M. Sc. Physics

Kai-Sinan Rückheim

  • M. Sc. student (Medical Engineering)

Ekaterina Sapozhnikova

  • M.Sc. student (Neural and Behavioural Sciences)
  • Internship

Lukas Schnitzer

  • B. Sc. student (Medical Engineering)

Advisory Board

Alumni

Sven Schumayer

  • Dr. sc. hum. (2026)
  • M. Sc. Micromedical technology
  • Development of novel contact lens electrodes within the Zeiss project
  • Cooperation with the Institute for Microsystems Technology (iMST), University of Applied Sciences Furtwangen

Marie Schedel

  • B.Sc. student (Optometry)
  • Internship
  • Projects: Longitudinal chromatic aberration

Daryna Kovalchuk

  • M. Sc. Medical Engineering (2025)
  • Projects: Methods of Energy Harvesting within the Zeiss project

Jona Laukhuf

  • Medical student
  • Tü-REX-Project

Carina Sommer

  • B. Sc. Medical Technology (2024)
  • Effects of defocus and chromatic aberration on retinal processing in emmetropic vs myopic eyes within the project "Myopia and nearwork"

Sophia Häupler

  • B. Sc. Molecular and technical medicine (2024)
  • Effects of defocus on retinal processing in emmetropic vs myopic eyes within the project "Myopia and nearwork"

Kerstin Woll

  • B. Sc. Medical technology (2024)
  • Effects of defocus on ciliary muscle morphology in emmetropic vs. myopic eyes within the project "Myopia and nearwork"

Annemarie Settele

  • M. Sc. Optometry (2024)
  • Relationship between nearwork and myopia with respect to the ciliary muscle within the project "Myopia and nearwork"

Isabelle Döz

  • B. Sc. Optometry (2024)
  • Relationship between nearwork and myopia with respect to the ciliary muscle within the project "Myopia and nearwork"

Emely Renger

  • Medical student
  • Tü-REX-Project

Maksymilian Onyszkiewicz

  • PhD
  • Visiting Scientist
  • VA-CCAL - Visual Acuity under Different Levels of Color Contrast and Ambient Luminance
  • In cooperation with the Zrenner Lab

Maximilian Koschka

  • Medical student
  • Tü-REX-Project: Comparison of glare from point light sources and ambient luminance

Leia Konietzky

Denise Tara Leinberger

Michael Göbel

Esra Süer

Tim Wichmann

  • M. Sc. Student
  • Lab-Rotation (2022/23)
  • Effects of contrast on accommodation
  • Support for the Zeiss Project