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Sandra Wagner
Surname | Wagner |
First name | Sandra |
Nationality | German |
Present position and title | Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. rer. nat., M.Sc., FAAO |
Business address
Institute for Ophthalmic Research
University of Tübingen
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 7
D-72076 Tübingen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)7071 29 87431
E-mail: sandra.wagner[at]uni-tuebingen.de
Academic Education
Year | Degree | University | Field of study |
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2020 | Dr. rer. nat. | International Max Planck Research School for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience, University of Tuebingen, Germany | Neuroscience |
2016 | Master of Science | Aalen University, Germany | Optometry and Psychophysics |
2014 | Bachelor of Science | Aalen University, Germany | Optometry and Audiology |
Further Education
03/2017 - 12/2020 | MBA Fundamentals Program for Researchers |
Professional Experience
Period | Institution | Position | Discipline |
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Since 01/2021 | Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tuebingen, Germany | Postdoctoral Researcher | Myopia Research/ Vision Research |
03/2017 - 12/2020 | Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tuebingen, Germany | Research Assistant/ PhD candidate | Myopia Research |
10/2019 - 03/2020 | State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York City, USA | Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow | Myopia Research |
03/2017 - 12/2020 | Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tuebingen, Germany | Research Assistant/ PhD candidate | Myopia Research |
10/2016 – 01/2017 | ZEISS Vision Science Lab, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tuebingen, Germany | Research Assistant | Vision Research |
09/2015 – 05/2016 | ZEISS Vision Science Lab, Institute for Ophthalmic Research, Tuebingen, Germany | Master Student | Myopia Research |
08/2012 – 11/2012 | Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, Australia | Research Intern | Contact Lens Metrology/ Myopia Research |
Teaching
Date | Description |
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Summer Term | Lecture "Applied Optometry" |
Professional Activities and Functions
Invited Presentations
Date | Description |
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04/2021 | Research Seminar Series, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Bradford, UK |
11/2020 | Webinar “Myopia Management WebiNights”, Weiterbildung für gutes Sehen, Online seminars for further education of eye care specialists |
01/2020 | Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research Colloquium, State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York City, USA |
04/2018 | 69th Annual Congress of the Scientific Association for Ophthalmic Optics and Optometry, Mainz, Germany |
01/2016 | Panel discussion opti-Forum, “Will the entire world soon be nearsighted? Myopia research between science and reality”, OPTI, International Trade Show for Optics and Design, Munich, Germany |
10/2015 | Guild meeting of the Federal Trade Guild Association for Opticians and Optometrists (ZVA), Starnberg, Germany |
Moderator
Date | Description |
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09/2019 | International Myopia Conference Tokyo, Japan. Session 5: Accommodation/Binocular Vision |
Academic Awards
Date | Description |
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2022 | Certificate Program Leadership in Science, Business & Society (Graduate Academy) |
2020 | Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO) |
2020 | Josh Wallman Memorial Travel Grant Recipient of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), USA |
2020 | Outstanding Poster Award finalist of The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), USA |
10/2019 | Fulbright Scholarship for six-month Visiting Research Fellowship at SUNY College of Optometry, New York City, USA |
08/2018 | Best Student Paper Award, Optical Society of America Technical Group Applications of Visual Science |
10/2017 | Rupp + Hubrach Award for Ophthalmic Optics for master’s thesis |
12/2015 | Award of Binder Optik GmbH for bachelor’s thesis |
11/2014 | Carl Zeiss TopJob Award (Best of class) |
Past and Current Funding
Date | Description |
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03/2023 - now | Meta Technologies LLC Myopia Grant by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation (AAOF) and Reality Labs Research (RLR) |
02/2021 - now | Carl Zeiss Foundation "Breakthroughs at Universities 2020: Intelligent Solutions for an Aging Society" |
10/2019 | American Academy of Optometry Student Travel Fellowship |
03/2017 - 11/2020 | Hector Fellow Academy gGmbH |
10/2012 - 02/2014 | Scholarship “Deutschlandstipendium” |
2012 | Scholarship “Baden-Württemberg-Stipendium” |
Reviewer
- Vision Research
- Current Eye Research
- Scientific Reports
- Biomedical Optics Express
- Eye and Vision
- PLOS ONE
- Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
- Frontiers
Memberships
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
- British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)
- American Academy of Optometry
Additional information
- Languages: German, English, French
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles:
- Wagner S, Strasser T. Impact of text contrast polarity on the retinal activity in myopes and emmetropes using modified pattern ERG. Scientific Reports. 2023;13:11101. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38192-9
- Wagner S, Süer E, Sigdel B, Zrenner E, Strasser T. Monocular transcorneal electrical stimulation induces ciliary muscle thickening in contralateral eye. Experimental Eye Research. 2023;231:109475 doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2023.109475
- Straßer T§, Wagner S§, Zrenner E. Review of the application of the open-source software CilOCT for semi-automatic segmentation and analysis of the ciliary muscle in OCT images. Plos one. 2020;15(6):e0234330. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234330
§ Contributed equally to the work - Wagner S, Schaeffel F, Troilo D. Changing accommodation behaviour during multifocal soft contact lens wear using auditory biofeedback training. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1):1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61904-4
- Wagner S, Zrenner E, Straßer T. Emmetropes and myopes differ little in their accommodation dynamics but strongly in their ciliary muscle morphology. Vision Research. 2019;163:42-51. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2019.08.002
- Wagner S, Schaeffel F, Zrenner E, Straßer T. Prolonged nearwork affects the ciliary muscle morphology. Experimental Eye Research. 2019;186. 107741. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2019.107741
- Wagner S, Zrenner E, Strasser T. Ciliary muscle thickness profiles derived from optical coherence tomography images. Biomedical Optics Express. 2018;9(10):5100-5114. doi: 10.1364/BOE.9.005100
- Wagner S, Ohlendorf A, Schaeffel F, Wahl S. Reducing the lag of accommodation by auditory biofeedback: A pilot study. Vision Research. 2016;129:50-60. doi: 10.1016/j.visres.2016.10.002
- Wagner S, Conrad F, Bakaraju RC, Fedtke C, Ehrmann K, Holden BA. Power profiles of single vision and multifocal soft contact lenses. Contact Lens and Anterior Eye. 2015 Feb;38(1):2-14. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2014.07.008
Poster presentations:
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA: Wagner S, Süer E, Sigdel B, Strasser T. Monocular transcorneal electrical stimulation induces thickening of contralateral ciliary muscle
- International Myopia Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Wagner S, Strasser T. Contrast polarity of text presented in modified pattern electroretinogram affects retinal responses in emmetropes and myopes differently.
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA: Wagner S, Strasser T. Does reading text with inverted contrast affect the ciliary muscle structure of emmetropic and myopic eyes? Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2022;63(7): 1450.
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting 2020: Wagner S, Ohlendorf A, Wahl S, Schaeffel F, Troilo D. Accommodation training with different myopia correction methods. (Abstract of Distinction)
- The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Wagner S, Strasser T, Zrenner E. Ciliary muscle thickness profiles in far and near accommodation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2018;59(9):2940.
- International Myopia Conference 2017, Birmingham, UK: Wagner S, Ohlendorf A, Schaeffel F, Wahl S. Does auditory biofeedback influence accommodation variability?
- British Contact Lens Association Clinical Conference and Exhibition 2013, Manchester, UK: Wagner S, Conrad F, Bakaraju RC, Fedtke C, Ehrmann K. Power profiles of single vision soft contact lenses. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2013.08.115
Conference Talks:
10/2020 | American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting “Academy 2020 At Home” (virtual meeting): Wagner S, Strasser T, Schaeffel F, Troilo D, Zrenner E. How does the accommodation system of emmetropes and myopes differ? | |
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10/2019 | American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA: Wagner S, Schaeffel F, Strasser T, Zrenner E, Troilo D. Accommodation Training in Emmetropic and Myopic Students using Auditory Biofeedback. | |
09/2019 | International Myopia Conference Tokyo, Japan: Wagner S, Zrenner E, Strasser T. Emmetropes and myopes differ little in their accommodation dynamics but strongly in their ciliary muscle morphology. | |
04/2019 | The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada: Wagner S, Schaeffel F, Zrenner E, Strasser T. Does close work affect the ciliary muscle morphology? | |
08/2018 | 9th European Meeting on Visual and Physiological Optics, Athens, Greece: Wagner S, Schaeffel F, Zrenner E, Strasser T. Effects of nearwork on ciliary muscle morphology. |
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