Sangeetha Metlapally, PhD, BSOpt, FAAO

  • Associate Professor of Vision Sciences

Credentials

PhD, Vision Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
BS, Optometry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India

Areas of Expertise

Professional Honors & Awards

2021 Hot Topic, Association For Research In Vision And Ophthalmology (ARVO) (Submission was voted by Annual Meeting Program Committee as an innovative idea to start a new area of research.)
2019 Nominee, Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR)’s ‘5th National Emerging Vision Scientists (EVS) Day’ on Capitol Hill, DC
2016 Alcon Associate Award, ‘Best Presentation – Free Paper Category’, Wavefront and Presbyopic Congress
2011-2018 NEI K23 Award, Berkeley Clinician Scientist Development Program (BCSDP)
2011-2018 NEI K12 Award, BCSDP
2013-Present Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
2009 Invited Speaker, Asia-ARVO
2002-2006 Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship
2002-2005 Melbourne International Research Scholarship

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Optometry (AAO)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Women in Bio

Research Interests

Optics
Binocular Vision

Research Involvement

Publications

Masters Students

Jingyi (Alice) Tang, Class of 2022
Anastasia Logotheti, Class of 2024