Austin Roorda

After completing a PhD in Physics and Vision Science at Waterloo, Austin Roorda went south, spending the next 30 years in the US, including 20 years at the University of California, Berkeley. He designs, builds and uses advanced optical systems to study the structure and function of the human visual system in health and disease.

• Colour vision

• Spatial vision

• Vision in eye disease

• Eye movements and eye tracking

• Adaptive optics

• Ocular aberrations and wavefront sensing

• Accommodation

• Retinal imaging

• Scanning light ophthalmoscopy

• Optical coherence tomography

• Optoretinography

• Cross-appointed with Physics and Astronomy

• OPTOM 243 - Neurophysiology of Vision
  • Taught in 2026
• OPTOM 608 - Special Topics in Vision Science
  • Taught in 2026
• OPTOM 628 - Special Topics in Vision Science
  • Taught in 2026

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