Larry Thibos
Larry N. Thibos is an American scientist and academic. He is a professor emeritus at Indiana University and is a researcher in visual neurophysiology.
Early life and career
[edit]Thibos received bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. He earned a Ph.D. in 1975 in physiological optics from the University of California, Berkeley. Thibos spent several years as a research fellow at the Australian National University, where he studied neurophysiological processes related to the eye.[1] In the 1980s, he became a faculty member at Indiana University.[2]
Currently he serves as a professor emeritus at the Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, a division of Indiana University and is a fellow of both American Academy of Optometry and Optical Society. He is also a former editor of Vision Science and the Journal of the Optical Society of America.[1]
Awards
[edit]In 1991 he received the Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award. By 2012, along with Sarita Soni, he was honored with the Charles F. Prentice Medal Award.[3] In 2014, he received the President's Research Medal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Larry N. Thibos, PhD". Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ a b "Research Excellence Lecture 2014". February 14, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
- ^ "American Academy of Optometry recognizes two from IU for distinguished careers". Indiana University. November 12, 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
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