Principal Investigator

High-Resolution Functional Imaging and Testing

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Christina Schwarz

Surname Schwarz
First name Christina
Nationality German
Present position and title Group Leader "High-Resolution Functional Imaging and Testing"
PhD

Business address

Institute for Ophthalmic Research
University of Tübingen
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 7
D-72076 Tübingen,
Germany

Phone: +49 7071 29-84727
E-mail: c.schwarz[at]uni-tuebingen.de

Academic Education

Year Degree University Field of study
12/2013 PhD University of Murcia, Spain Vision Science
9/2007 Diploma Heidelberg University, Germany Physics
7/2007 MSc Heidelberg University, Germany Medical Physics (Radiotherapy & Biomedical Optics)

Professional Experience

Period Institution Position Discipline
Since 1/2019 Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, NY, USA Adjunct Assistant Professor Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging
Since 2/2018 Institute for Ophthalmic Research, University of Tuebingen Research Group Leader High-Resolution Retinal Imaging & Testing
1/2014-1/2018 Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, NY, USA Postdoctoral Research Associate Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging
1/2008-12/2013 Laboratorio de Optica, University of Murcia, Spain PhD Student Vision Science with Adaptive Optics
4/2012-7/2012 Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, NY, USA Visiting Scholar Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging
5/2008 Photonics4Life, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Visiting Scholar Physiological Optics and Aberrometry
10/2006-2/2007 Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK Master Student Biomedical and Adaptive Optics
4/2006-6/2007 Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany Diploma Student Biomedical and Adaptive Optics

Professional Activities and Functions

Invited Presentations

8/2020 tbd, VPO, Cambridge, UK
6/2020 “Ultrashort pulse lasers applied to vision”, ICLO, Sankt Petersburg, Russia
11/2018 “Watching photoreceptors at work – Two-photon ophthalmoscopy in the living eye”, LAOP, Lima, Peru
3/2018 “Towards safe two-photon adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in people”, AOIM XI, Murcia, Spain

Academic Awards

11/2018 International Travel Grant, DAAD, Germany
11/2018 Best Photo in Vision Research and Ophthalmology, 5th place
5/2017 Poster Prize, Neuroscience Retreat, University of Rochester, NY, USA
11/2016 Best Photo in Vision Research and Ophthalmology, 10th place
5/2014 International Travel Grant, ARVO, Orlando, FL, USA
4/2012-7/2012 Study Abroad Scholarship, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
5/2008 Summer Research Scholarship, Red Óptica, Spain
1/2008-2/2008 Summer Research Scholarship, Red Óptica, Spain
2/2007 Study Abroad Scholarship, School of Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Germany
10/2006-1/2007 Study Abroad Scholarship, Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Academic Teaching and Services

Since 2019 Leadership Committee: The Optical Society of America, Technical Group Vision
2019 Guest Editor: Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Feature Issue: Visual and Physiological Optics
2018 Grant Reviewer: The Optical Society of America, Special Program Grants
Since 2012 Reviewer: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Journal of Vision (Outstanding Reviewer 2014), Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Optics and Laser Technology, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Chinese Optics Letters, Eye and Vision, Optics and Laser Technology

Past and Current Funding

exp. 2/2020 ERC 2019 Starting Grant TrackCycle.2P
2/2018-1/2020 Research Fellowship “Recruitment of excellent Junior Researchers”, University of Tübingen, Germany
9/2008-8/2012 Research Staff Training Scholarship at the University of Murcia,
Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (BES-2008-006071)

Memberships

  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology,
  • The Optical Society of America,
  • European Optical Society,
  • Sociedad Española de Óptica

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  1. S Walters, C Schwarz, R Sharma, W S Fischer, D A DiLoreto Jr, J Strazzeri, D Nelidova, B Roska, J J Hunter, D R Williams, W H Merigan, “Cellular-scale evaluation of induced photoreceptor degeneration in the living primate eye,” Biomed. Opt. Express 10 (1), 66-82 (2019)
  2. C Schwarz, R Sharma, S K Cheong, M Keller, D R Williams, J J Hunter, “Selective S cone damage and retinal remodeling following intense ultrashort pulse laser exposures in the infrared,” accepted for publication in Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 10/2018
  3. S Walters, C Schwarz, R Sharma, W S Fischer, D A DiLoreto Jr, J Strazerri, D Nelidova, B Roska, J J Hunter, D R Williams, W H Merigan, “Cellular-scale evaluation of induced photoreceptor degeneration in the living primate eye,” accepted for publication in Biomed. Opt. Express 10/2018
  4. R Sharma, C Schwarz, D R Williams, G Palczewska, K Palczewski, J J Hunter, “Formation and clearance of all-trans-retinol investigated using in vivo two-photon ophthalmoscopy,” Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 58 (1), 604-6013 (2017)
  5. E A Rossi, C Granger, R Sharma, Q Yang, K Saito, C Schwarz, S Walters, K Nozato, J Zhang, T Kawakami, W S Fischer, L Latchney, J J Hunter, M Chung, D R Williams, “Individual inner retinal neurons imaged in the living eye of monkey and human,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 201613445 (2017)
  6. C Schwarz, R Sharma, W S Fischer, M Chung, G Palczewska, K Palczewski, D R Williams, J J Hunter, “Safety assessment in macaques of light exposures for functional two-photon ophthalmoscopy in humans,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 7 (12), 5148-5169 (2016)
  7. E Chirre, P M Prieto, C Schwarz, P Artal, “Night myopia is reduced in binocular vision,” J Vis., 16 (8), 1-10 (2016)
  8. R Sharma, C Schwarz, D R Williams, G Palczewska, K Palczewski, J J Hunter, “In vivo two-photon fluorescence kinetics of primate rods and cones,” Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 57 (2), 647-657 (2016)
  9. C Schwarz, S Manzanera, and P Artal, “Binocular visual performance with aberration correction as a function of light level,” J Vis., 14 (6), 1-11 (2014)
  10. C Schwarz, S Manzanera, P M Prieto, E J Fernandez, and P Artal, “Comparison of binocular through-focus visual acuity with monovision and a small aperture inlay,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 5 (10), 3355-3366 (2014)
  11. C Schwarz, C Cánovas, S Manzanera, H A Weeber, P M Prieto, P A Piers, and P Artal “Binocular visual acuity for the correction of spherical aberration in monochromatic and polychromatic light,” J Vis., 14 (2), 1-11 (2014)
  12. E J Fernandez, C Schwarz, P M Prieto, S Manzanera, and P Artal, “Impact on stereo-acuity of two presbyopia correction approaches: monovision and small aperture inlay,” Biomed. Opt. Express, 4 (6), 822-830 (2013)
  13. P Artal, C Schwarz, C Canovas, A Mira-Agudelo, “The causes of night myopia revealed with an adaptive optics visual simulator,” PLoS ONE, 7 (7): e40239.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040239 (2012)
  14. C Schwarz, P M Prieto, E J Fernandez, and P Artal, "Binocular Adaptive Optics Vision Analyzer with Full Control over the Complex Pupil Functions," Opt. Lett., 36 (24), 4779-4781 (2011)
  15. J Tabernero, C Schwarz, E J Fernandez, and P Artal, "Binocular Visual Simulation of a Corneal Inlay to Increase Depth of Focus," Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., 52, 5273-5277 (2011)
  16. E Acosta, J M Bueno, C Schwarz, and P Artal, "Relationship between wave aberrations and histological features in ex-vivo porcine crystalline lenses," J. Biomed. Opt., 15 (5), 55001-55004 (2010)
  17. J M Bueno, E Acosta, C Schwarz, and P Artal, "Wavefront measurements of phase plates combining a point-diffraction interferometer and a Hartmann-Shack sensor," Appl. Opt, 49, 450-456 (2010)

Book chapter

  1. C Schwarz, J J Hunter, “Femtosecond lasers in retinal imaging,” In Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering – Encyclopedia of Modern Optics (Second Edition), Elsevier, 2017, Pages 85-96, ISBN 9780128035818, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.09778-2