Editorial board

Executive Editors:

Goldis Malek,  Posterior Segment - Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Stefan Schrader,  Anterior Segment - Director and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Conjunctiva, cornea, dry eye, keratoplasty, lacrimal gland, ocular surface and stem cells


Founding Editors:

Christopher A. Paterson - Louisville, KY, USA
Nicholas A. Delamere - Louisville, KY, USA


Former Executive Editors:

Anterior Segment:
Gerd Geerling (Düsseldorf) – 2005 to 2017
Robert N. Frank (Detroit) – 1993 to 2000
John M. Tiffany (Oxford) – 2000 to 2004

Posterior Segment:
Hitoshi Shichi (Detroit) – 1993 to 2000
Thomas W. Gardner (Ann Arbor) – 2000 to 2004
Michael Gorin (Los Angeles) – 2004 to 2008
Robert Linsenmeier (Evanston) – 2008 to 2016
Alan Stitt (Belfast) – 2016 to 2022


Section Editors:

Mohammad Javed Ali - L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Lacrimal Drainage system including the punctum, canaliculus, lacrimal sac and the nasolacrimal ducts

Ashay Bhatwadekar - Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana, IL, USA
Diabetic retinopathy

Ramesh Kekunnaya - Child Sight Institute, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus & Neuroophthalmology

Achim Langenbucher - University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany
Aberrations, intraocular lenses, lasers, ophthalmic optics, optics and raytracing

Jessica Morgan - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Adaptive optics, photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, retinal imaging, retinal disease

Debora Nickla -New England College of Optometry, MA, USA
Myopia

Tony Redmond - Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Visual psychophysics, perimetry, visual function, structure-function relationships, imaging, glaucoma

Rigmor C. Baraas - University of South-Eastern Norway, Notodden, Norway
Retinal dystrophies, myopia, colour vision, retinal imaging, genetics


English Language Editor:

Dr. Kathryn Pokorny- Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

Editorial Manager:

Margaret Searle - UK

Editorial Board:

Rigmor C. Baraas - University of South-Eastern Norway, Notodden, Norway
Retinal dystrophies, myopia, colour vision, retinal imaging, genetics

Stefano Barabino - Ospedale L.Sacco, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Ocular surface, dry eye, cornea, inflammation, conjunctiva, immunity, tear film

Sayan Basu - L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
Cornea, Stem Cells, Keratoprosthesis, Keratoplasty, Keratoconus

Toke Bek - University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
Diabetic retinopathy, imaging, in vitro models, retina and vascular physiology

Eleni Beli - Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, inflammation

Philip Bloom - Western Eye Hospital, London, UK
Glaucoma, cataract, surgical simulation

Rachel Chong - Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
Glaucoma, optic nerve, animal models, neuroprotection, blood pressure, myopia

Kathleen Dorey - Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA
RPE, age-related macular degeneration, angiogenesis, apoptosis, lipofuscin, neovascularization and zeaxanthin

Ahmed Elsheikh - University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Cornea, intraocular lens, material properties, numerical modelling, ocular biomechanics and tonometry

Claudia Fabiani - University of Siena, Italy
Medical retina, uveitis, scleritis, imaging, therapy

Xingjun Fan - Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, GA, USA
Lens aging and cataract development

Shahar Frenkel - Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Ocular oncology, ocular pathology, uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma, lymphoma, drug design, metastases

Homayon Ghiasi - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
CNS demyelination, cornea, HSV-1, immunology, keratitis, virology and vaccine

Michael B. Gorin - University of California, LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Genotype-phenotype correlations, macular degeneration, ocular and retinal dystrophies, ophthalmic genetics, retinal disorders and degenerations, retinal psychophysics and imaging, toxic/autoimmune/paraneoplastic retinopathies

Sidney Gospe III - Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Neuro-ophthalmology, optic neuropathy, mitochondria, retinal ganglion cell and optical coherence tomography

Christian Grimm - University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Hypoxia, molecular signaling, neuroprotection, photoreceptor apoptosis, photoreceptor degeneration, retinal degeneration and survival pathways

Majda Hadziahmetovic - Duke University, NC, USA
Retina, retinal imaging, artificial intelligence, teleophthalmology

Amir Hajrasouliha - Indiana University, IN, USA
Retina, ophthalmology, Neovascularization, AMD, diabetes

Jesper Hjortdal - Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Corneal transplantation, corneal banking, cataract surgery, refractive surgery, biomechanics

Andrew Huang - Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
Conjunctiva, corneal Gene therapy, corneal dystrophies, corneal neovascularization, corneal wound healing, ocular surface and refractive surgery

John Hulleman - UT Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA
Retinal degeneration, protein misfolding, stress responses, proteostasis, drug discovery, chemical biology

Cristhian Ildefonso - University of Florida, College of Medicine, Florida, USA
AAV design, gene therapy, microglial and RPE biology, inflammation and oxidative stress

 Hari Jayaram - NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
Glaucoma Surgery, Clinical Trials, Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Procedures, Experimental Glaucoma, MicroRNA Biology, and Neuroprotection

Stephanie Joachim - Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Glaucoma models, organ culture, retinal ischemia and ocular surface disease

Hideki Koizumi - University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
Age-related macular degeneration, macular diseases, retinal imaging, vitreoretinal surgery, clinical study

Mineo Kondo - Mie University, Mie, Japan
Animal model, retinal degeneration, vitreoretinal surgery, clinical study, electroretinogram, retinal degeneration and retinal diseases

Anthony Leger - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA
Immunology, conjunctiva, microbiome, host-microbe interactions, viral immunology

Robert Linsenmeier - Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Retinal physiology, metabolism, electrophysiology and microenvironment

Yu-Chi Liu - Singapore Eye Research Institute/Singapore National Eye Center; Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Cornea and external eye diseases, refractive surgery, animal models

Bernardo Lopes - University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Cornea, refractive surgery, cataract, artificial intelligence, biomechanics, corneal imaging

Marjorie F. Lou - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
Cell signaling, diabetic cataract, glutathione, lens biochemistry, oxiative stress, senile cataract and thiol oxidation

Gerald McGwin, Jr. - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Epidemiology, biostatistics

Sonja Mertsch - Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Cornea, dry eye, corneal nerve regeneration, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, lacrimal gland, ocular surface and stem cells

Thomas J. Millar - University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia
Biochemistry, dry-eye, lipids, meibomian gland, physical chemistry, protein, surface chemistry and tears

Makoto Nakamura - Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Apoptosis, glaucoma, glia, neuroprotection and retinal ganglion cell

Mayank A. Nanavaty - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Cataract, multifocal lenses and laser refractive surgery

Debora Nickla - New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, USA
Animal models, choroid, circadian rhythms, eye growth, muscarinics, myopia and sclera

Sunny Ohia - Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, USA
Ocular pharmacology, neuropharmacology

Naoki Okumura - Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Cornea, Corneal endothelium, Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, regenerative medicine

Hon Shing Ong - Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore
Corneal and external diseases

Friedrich Paulsen - Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany
Conjunctiva, tear film, cornea, innate immunity, lacrimal apparatus, ocular surface and wound healing

J. Arjuna Ratnayaka - University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Retinal cell biology and neurodegeneration

Matthew Reilly - Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Biomechanics, lens, presbyopia, aging, material properties, computational modeling, trauma

Virender Sachdeva - LV Prasad Eye Institute, India
Strabismus, optic neuritis, neuro-ophthalmology, amblyopia

Swati Singh - LV Prasad Eye Institute, India
Lacrimal, ocular adnexa, orbit, ocular surface disease, dry eye, eyelids

David Cordeiro Sousa - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT
Glaucoma, retinal imaging, retinal vascular autoregulation, surgical retina, health management

Oliver Stachs - University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Biophotonics, anterior and posterior segment imaging, physics, cornea, lens

Alan Stitt - Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Diabetic retinopathy, age-related retinal disease, neovascularisation

Nóra Szentmáry - Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
Cornea, lens and refractive surgery

Masaru Takeuchi -National Defense Medical College, Japan
Uveitis, diabetic retinopathy, autoimmune disease, immune regulation

Ernst Tamm - University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Glaucoma, aqueous humor dynamics, aqueous outflow, molecular biology, morphology and trabecular meshwork

Christopher P. Taylor - New England College of Optometry, MA, USA
Spatial vision, motion, myopia, emmettopization, aging

 Louis Tong - Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore
Dry eye, ocular surface inflammation and therapeutics, meibomian gland dysfunction, lipid mediators

Geeta Vemuganti - University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
Ophthalmic pathology and stem cell research, ocular pathology, stem cell research, ocular tumours

Tony Wells - Wellington School of Medicine, Otago University, Wellington, New Zealand
Glaucoma, clinical trial, surgery, bleb, laser, angle-closure, biomechanics

Mark Willcox - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Microbial infection and tear film, contact lens, cornea, microbial keratitis, mucin, pseudomonas and staphylococcus

Heping Xu - Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Retina, age-related macular degeneration, uveitis, immune response, retinal pigment epithelial cells

Antonio Yaghy - New England Eye Center, MA, USA
Choroidal diseases , retinoblastoma , conjunctival melanoma , retinal imaging

Updated 18-04-2024