Denis Pelli

Denis G. Pelli, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science, NYU, since 1995, studying object recognition and the experience of beauty. Training: BA applied math at Harvard University. PhD in Physiology at Cambridge University. Postdoc on psychophysics of reading with Gordon Legge at U Minnesota. Honors: 2000: Optical Society of America Leadership Award/New Focus Prize: “Through leadership in visual science, Dr. Pelli has benefited artists, scholars and the visually impaired. His work has made significant contributions that have transcended both interdisciplinary and international boundaries.” 2011-2012: Visiting Fellow Commoner at Trinity College, Cambridge University. 2016: Oberdorfer Low Vision Award, ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology). Google scholar lists 20,000 citations.