Faculty Awards
2024
- Christopher Kanan
- Senior Member, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- Jannick Rolland
- Inductee, Augmented World Expo’s (AWE) XR Hall of Fame
- David Williams
- Co-winner, Rank Prize for Optoelectronics
2023
- Farran Briggs
- Awardee, CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research
- Krystel Huxlin
- Fellow, Optica
- Recipient, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (SMD) Mentoring Award in Basic Science
- Edmund Lalor
- Schmitt Program on Integrative Neuroscience (SPIN) Award, University of Rochester
- Awardee, CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research
- Ania Majewska
- Dean's Professor, University of Rochester
- Susana Marcos
- Edwin H. Land Medal, Optica/Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T)
- Awardee, CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research
- Smart Woman Best Investigator Award, Federation of Health Innovation Industry in Spain
- Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (JCRS) Mamalis Award
- Krishnan Padmanabhan
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Adam Snyder
- Awardee, CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research
- Duje Tadin
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Michael Telias
- Career Development Award, Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB)
- Awardee, CVS Pilot Funds for Vision Research
2022
- Mark Buckley
- IAspire Fellows
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Ian Fiebelkorn
- Searle Scholars
- Manuel Gomez-Ramirez
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Ralf Haefner
- Faculty Early Career Development Program, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Brian Keane
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- SPIN Award, University of Rochester
- Edmund Lalor
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Ross Maddox
- Faculty Early Career Development Program, NSF
- Ania Majewska
- Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- Susana Marcos
- Gold Fellow
- Jude Mitchell
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Martina Poletti
- SPIN Award, University of Rochester
- Jesse Schallek
- Career Advancement Award, RPB
2021
- James Fienup
- Outstanding Reviewer, Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Manuel Gomez-Ramirez
- Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience
- Ania Majewska
- Shrager Award for Service to the Neuroscience Community
- Martina Poletti
- Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience
- Young Investigator Award, Elsevier/Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
- 2021 Wilmot Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
- Ruchira Singh
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- David Williams
- David F Weeks Award for Outstanding Vision Research, RPB
2020
- Manuel Gomez-Ramirez
- Fellowship, Mentoring Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Scholars (MINDS)
- Richard Libby
- Gold Fellow
- The Thomas R. Lee Award for National Glaucoma Research
- Graduate Student Society Advocacy Award
- Jannick Rolland
- Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M Burley Prize
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
- Adam Snyder
- Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience
- David Williams
- Senior Investigator Award, Alcon Research Institute
2019
- Susana Marcos
- National Research Award in Engineering "Leonardo Torres Quevedo", Spanish Government
- Ramón y Cajal Medal, Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales
- Juliette McGregor
- Best-contributed paper, Rank Prize Symposium on Adaptive Optics for Vision Science
- Jude Mitchell
- SPIN Award, University of Rochester
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Jannick Rolland
- Alumnus of the Year, Wyant College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona
- Adam Snyder
- Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant
- Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez
- Travel Award, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)
- Duje Tadin
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
2018
- Ania Majewska
- Academic Mentoring Award for Trainees in Basic Science
- Juliette McGregor
- Young Investigator Award, OSA Fall Vision Meeting
- Krishnan Padmanabhan
- Faculty Early Career Development Program, NSF
- Polak Young Investigator Award
- Martina Poletti
- The Furth Fund Award, University of Rochester
- James Zavislan
- Fellow, NAI
2017
- Wayne Knox
- Fellow, NAI
- Richard Libby
- The Shaffer Prize for Innovative Glaucoma Research
- Susana Marcos
- King Jaime I Award, Spanish Government
- Jude Mitchell
- SPIN Award, University of Rochester
- Jannick Rolland
- Edmund A. Hajim Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Rochester
- Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez
- BBRF Young Investigator Grant
2016
- Farran Briggs
- Mentor Award, Dartmouth College School of Graduate Studies
- Susana Marcos
- Research Award, Alcon Research Institute
- Plaque of Honor, Spanish Association of Scientists
- Borish Scholar Award, Indiana University
- Juliette McGregor
- Steadman Family Postdoctoral Prize in Interdisciplinary Research, University of Rochester
- Jude Mitchell
- Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellows
- Jesse Schallek
- David Mahoney Neuroimaging Award, The Dana Foundation
- Career Development Award, RPB
- Ruchira Singh
- Individual Investigator Award, Foundation of Fighting Blindness
- David Williams
- Jay Pepose Award in Vision Sciences, Brandeis University
- Honoree, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation
2015
- Krystel Huxlin
- James V. Aquavella Endowed Professorship, University of Rochester
- Edmund Lalor
- BBRF Young Investigator Grant
- Susana Marcos
- Physics Innovation and Technology Award, Real Sociedad Española de Física- Fundación/Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation
- Ruchira Singh
- University Research Award, University of Rochester
- Career Development Award, RPB
- Research Starter Grant, Knights Templar Eye Foundation
- Macular Degeneration Research Award, Brightfocus Foundation
- Adam Snyder
- Pathway to Independence (K99) Award, National Eye Institute (NEI)
- David Williams
- The William Procter Prize For Scientific Achievement
- Beckman-Argyros Award in Vision Research
- Distinguished Service Award, ARVO
2014
- Ross Maddox
- Pathway To Independence Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Jude Mitchell
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Award
- Jannick Rolland
- David Richardson Medal, OSA
- Duje Tadin
- Young Investigator Award, Elsevier/VSS
- David Williams
- Member, National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- Stein Innovation Award, RPB
2013
- Greg DeAngelis
- George Eastman Professor, University of Rochester
- Ian Fiebelkorn
- National Research Service Award (NRSA), NIH
- James Fienup
- Emmett N Leith Medal, OSA
- Richard Libby
- University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Trainee Academic Mentoring Award in Basic Science
- Susana Marcos
- Fellow, ARVO
- Krishnan Padmanabhan
- Pathway To Independence Award, NIH
- BBRF Young Investigator Grant
- Jesse Schallek
- Ruth Kirschstein NRSA, NIH
- Higher Education Grant Program Finalist, Edmund Optics
- David Williams
- Edridge Green Medal, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
2012
- James Fienup
- Membership, National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
- John Foxe
- Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Medal, Neuroscience Ireland
- Jude Mitchell
- Innovative Research Proposal, The Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California San Diego
- David Williams
- Gold Fellow
- Champalimaud Vision Award
2011
- Ralf Haefner
- Swartz Fellowship for Theoretical Neurobiology
- Susana Marcos
- Doctor Honoris Causa, The Ukraine Academy of Science & Technology
2010
- Krystel Huxlin
- Lew R. Wasserman Merit Award
- Jude Mitchell
- Sloan Swartz Foundation Fellowship
- Steven Silverstein
- Alexander Gralnick Research Investigator Prize
2009
- Farran Briggs
- Pathway To Independence Award, NIH
- Post-Doctoral Trainee Travel Award, Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Chapter
- Greg DeAngelis
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Boston University College of Engineering
- James Fienup
- Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Susana Marcos
- Fellow, Optica
- Duje Tadin
- Provost’s Multidisciplinary Award, University of Rochester
- James Zavislan
- Fellow, Optica
2008
- Brian Keane
- Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association (APA)
- Ania Majewska
- Fellow, Kavli Frontiers Of Science
- Jannick Rolland
- Fellow, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
- David Williams
- Health Care Achievement Award
- Collyn Woeller
- F32 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA), NIH
2007
- Farran Briggs
- Young Investigator Award, OSA
- Ania Majewska
- Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience
- Susana Marcos
- ICO Prize, International Commission for Optics
- David Williams
- Bressler Prize In Vision Science
- Honorary Doctor of Science, State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry
2006
- Richard Libby
- Career Development Award, RPB
- Ania Majewska
- Explorer Award, Cajal Club Cortical
- Susana Marcos
- Fellow, European Optical Society (EOS)
- David Williams
- Friedenwald Award, ARVO
2005
- Greg DeAngelis
- Troland Research Awards
- Krystel Huxlin
- Robert E. McCormick Special Scholars Award
- Richard Libby
- Barbara and Joseph Cohen Young Investigator Award
- Marc Schieber
- NIH Merit Award
- David Williams
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2004
- Farran Briggs
- Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Post-doctoral Fellowship
- Jannick Rolland
- Fellow, Optica
- David Williams
- Center for Electronic Imaging Systems Technology Transfer Award
- Archie Mahan Prize, OSA
2003
- Greg DeAngelis
- Scholar Award, EJLB Foundation
- Richard Libby
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award
- Ania Majewska
- Career development award in the Biomedical Sciences, Burroughs-Wellcome Fund
- Young Scientist Award, Polish Neuroscience Society
- David Williams
- Founders Award, Wavefront Congress
2002
- Susana Marcos
- Adolph Lomb Medal, OSA
2001
- Ania Majewska
- Whiteman Science Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Susana Marcos
- Visiting Fellowship, Queensland University of Technology
- Founders Wavefront Award, (2nd International Congress on Wavefront Sensing)
- David Williams
- Honorary Doctor of Science, Denison University
2000
- Greg DeAngelis
- Searle Scholars
- Krystel Huxlin
- McDonnell-Pew Program in Cognitive Neuroscience
1999
- Ralf Haefner
- McCloy Scholarship
- Wayne Knox
- Richtmyer Memorial Award, American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
1998
- David Williams
- Edgar D Tillyer Award, OSA
1997
- Greg DeAngelis
- Career Award, Burroughs-Wellcome Fund
- David Williams
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- William G. Allyn Professor of Medical Optics, University of Rochester
1996
- Greg DeAngelis
- National Research Service Award, NEI
- Robert Jacobs
- McDonnell-Pew Program In Cognitive Neuroscience
- Wayne Knox
- Fellow, American Physical Society (APS)
- William Merigan
- McDonnell-Pew Program In Cognitive Neuroscience
1995
- Greg DeAngelis
- Medical Research Fellowship, Bank of America/Giannini Foundation
- Ralf Haefner
- German National Merit Foundation
- Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) Fellowship
1993
- Lizabeth Romanski
- Mcdonnell-Pew Program In Cognitive Neuroscience
1992
- Wayne Knox
- Fellow, Optica
- Lizabeth Romanski
- Donald B Lindsley Prize In Behavioral Neuroscience
- David Williams
- Fellow, Optica
1990
- Wayne Knox
- William O Baker Award For Initiatives In Research, NAS
1987
- James Fienup
- Fellow, Optica
1986
- James Fienup
- Fellow, SPIE
- David Williams
- Distinguished Scientific Awards For An Early Career Contribution To Psychology
1983
- James Fienup
- International Prize in Optics, International Commission for Optics
1979
- James Fienup
- Rudolf And Hilda Kingslake Award In Optical Design, SPIE