Dr Marisa Rodriguez-Carmona

Research Fellow

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0207 040 0262
m.l.rodriguez-carmona@city.ac.uk

                                            

Academic and Professional Qualifications / Membership

2006           PhD Vision Science, City University

2001           MSc Physics, Imperial College London

Brief outline of Career History

2006-present     Research Fellow, City University

2005     Research Assistant, Department of Optometry and Visual Science, City University

Programme-related teaching responsibilities

Optics Module Laboratory support 

Professional Activities outside the University

Colour Group, Great Britian (CGGB) Board Member

Postgraduate teaching in Escuela Universitaria de Óptica, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Research Interests

  1. Diagnosis of colour vision deficiency and measurement of chromatic sensitivity loss
  2. Sex-related differences in colour vision
  3. Functional roles of the macular pigment

Details of recent publications

  1. Moro SI, Rodriguez-Carmona M, Frost EC, Plant GT, Barbur JL (2007) Recovery of vision and pupil responses in optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis, Ophthalmic Physiol. Opt. Sep;27(5):451-60.
  2. Rodriguez-Carmona M, Barbur JL, Harlow JA, Schalch W, Köpcke W (2006) The effects of supplementation with lutein and / or zeaxanthin on human macular pigment density and colour vision, Ophthalmic. Physiol. Opt.; 26(2): 137-147.
  3. Kvansakul J, Rodriguez-Carmona M, Edgar DF, Barker FM, Köpcke W, Schalch W, Barbur JL (2006) Supplementation with the carotenoids lutein or zeaxanthin improves human visual performance, Ophthalmic. Physiol. Opt. 2006; 26(4): 362-371.
  4. Squire TJ, Rodriguez-Carmona M, Barbur JL, Evans ADB (2005) Color Vision test for aviation: comparison of the anomaloscope and three lantern types, Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 2005; 76:421-429.
  5. Rodriguez-Carmona M, Harlow JA, Walker G, Barbur JL (2005) The variability of normal trichromatic vision and the establishment of the 'Normal' range, Proceedings of 10th Congress of the International Colour Association, Granada; 979-982.