Professor Bullimore is an internationally renowned scientist, speaker, and educator based in Boulder, Colorado. He received his Optometry degree and PhD in Vision Science from Aston University in Birmingham, England. He spent most of his career at the Ohio State University and the University of California at Berkeley and is now Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston. He is Associate Editor of Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics and the former Editor of Optometry and Vision Science. His expertise in myopia, contact lenses, low vision, presbyopia, and refractive surgery means that he is consultant for a number of ophthalmic, surgical, and pharmaceutical companies. This work has resulted in approval of, among others, Paragon CRT, Alcon’s iLux, and CooperVision’s MiSight lens.

EDUCATION

1987                      PhD                       Vision Science*          Aston University, UK

1984                      MCOptom          Optometry                   College of Optometrists, UK

1983                      BSc                       Optometry                   Aston University, UK

  *  Thesis Title: Factors influencing the accommodative response to sustained visual tasks

      Supervisor: Bernard Gilmartin PhD, External Examiner: Dr WN Charman PhD

AWARDS

1991                      Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO)

1995                    Garland Clay Award, American Academy of Optometry

2004                   Eminent Service Award, American Academy of Optometry

2012                     Inducted into National Academies of Practice

2018                     Gold Fellow, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

PATENTS

1998                      Apparatus and Method for Improving the Operation of an Autorefractor, U.S. Patent No. 08/753,640.