Neil Handley
Dr Neil Handley has been Curator of the British Optical Association Museum at The College of Optometrists since 1998. He is the author of the book ‘Cult Eyewear’ (2011) and is recognised as the principal authority on the history of the optometry profession in the UK. He is currently the Chairman of the Scientific Instrument Society, a professional reviewer for the Museums Association, a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers and a medallist and Past President of the Ocular Heritage Society of America.
Frank Schaeffel
Frank studied biology and physics in Freiburg, Germany, and has a PhD on Vision in Drosophila, and Postdoc with Howard Howland at Cornell University, USA. Frank was the Professor of Neurobiology of the Eye at the University of Tuebingen from 2000. Since 2020, Frank is the Senior Professor in Tuebingen and Guest Professor of Myopia Research at IOB Basel, Switzerland.
Frank has produced over 200 papers in PubMed, over 16,000 citations, h-index 68, 25 PhD students have completed in the lab, 10 Mio EURO grants since 1985, and has gained both the Max-Planck Award, and European Vision Award.
Christine Dickinson
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Jeremy A. Guggenheim