Dennis M. Levi

Dennis M. Levi
Dennis M. Levi
Born	South Africa
Occupation	university professor
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Houston
Academic work
Discipline	vision science
Sub-discipline	optometry
Institutions	University of Houston; University of California, Berkeley;

Dennis M. Levi is a South African optometrist. He is professor of optometry and vision science and a professor of neuroscience at the School of Optometry of the University of California at Berkeley, in California in the United States.^[2] He is a former dean of the same school, an appointment he took up in 2001.^[1] He was previously the Cullen Distinguished Professor of Optometry on the faculty of the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas, where he also did his PhD.^[1] He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry^[3] and Optica (formerly OSA). In 2016, he received the Edgar D. Tillyer Award, "For ground-breaking studies of normal spatial vision, plasticity in the adult visual system, and amblyopia."^[4]

Levi has conducted significant research into amblyopia.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Patricia McBroom (27 June 2001). UC Berkeley's School of Optometry gets new dean, Dennis M. Levi, a vision scientist from Houston (press release). University of California, Berkeley. Accessed September 2018.
^ Dennis M. Levi, OD, PhD. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley. Accessed September 2018.
^ Dennis M Levi. American Academy of Optometry. Accessed September 2018.
^ "Lab Members". The Levi Lab. Retrieved 24 July 2024.