Vasudenvan Lakshminarayanan, Ph.D.
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Lakshminarayanan, Ph.D. Prof. Lakshminarayanan conducts both experimental and theoretical studies in Vision Science and Classical Optics. Current projects include studies of motion perception, visual attention (with emphasis on reading disabled children), as well as studies of the Horopter and binocular space perception. Other areas of interest include visual and opthalmic optics and mathematical modelling of visual/perceptual phenomena. In Classical Optics, he is interested in novel mathematical methods to analyze wave propagation in various media such as optical fibers, optical system design optimization using neural networks, genetic algorithms, etc. A special area of interest are in symmetry studies which utilize group theory to study optics. Lakshminarayanan has published widely in areas ranging from quantum chemistry to bioengineering to applied mathetmatics and cognitive science in addition to clinical studies of the visual system. He is an elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Physics as well as the American Academy of Optometry. He has been given the title of "Chartered Physicist" by IOP (UK). He has served as a director of the Optical Society of America and chairs the US National Committee to the International Commission on Optics. He is a "KITP Scholar" at the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, a Gulbenkian Foundation Fellow (Portugal), and more recently a Royal Society Lecturer. Dr. Vasudevan
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