Resume

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Scientist & Associate Professor of Optometry (2009 - Present): L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, India.

Post-doctoral research fellow in Vision Science (2006 - 2009): Indiana University at Bloomington, USA. (Advisor: Dr. Rowan T. Candy)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Vision Science (2001 - 2005): University of California at Berkeley, USA. (Advisor: Prof. Clifton M. Schor)

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Optometry (1997 - 2001): Elite School of Optometry, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India.

         

Awards & honors

2009: Travel grant for the 3rd Annual Berkeley Conference on Translational Research, UC Berkeley.

2009: Santen Pharmaceuticals travel grant for ARVO conference.

2008 - 2009: Fight For Sight post-doctoral fellow.

2008 & 2009: Invited judge for Women in Science Program conference, IU Bloomington.

2006 - 2007: Elsevier award for top 50 reviewers for Vision Research journal.

2006: Phi Beta Kappa nomination, UC Berkeley.

2004: Institute fellow for academic and professional development, UC Berkeley.

2004: Invited panelist for graduate student instructor orientation conference, UC Berkeley.

2003 & 2005: Vistakon travel fellowship for ARVO.

2003: University Regents fellowship.

2002: Outstanding graduate teaching assistant award.

2001 - 2002: University block grant fellowship.

     

Theses

PhD in Vision Science: Neural control strategies of the human ocular accommodation.

BS in Optometry: A comparison of the lag of accommodation in myopes under spectacle and contact lens wearing conditions.

         

Peer-reviewed publications

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2009).Accommodative and vergence responses to conflicting blur and disparity cues during visual development. Journal of Vision, 9, 11, 1 - 18.

Bharadwaj, S. R., Vedamurthy, I., & Schor, C. M. (2009). Short-term adaptive modification of dynamic ocular accommodation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 50, 7, 3520 - 3528.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2008). Cues for the control of ocular accommodation and vergence during postnatal human development. Journal of Vision, 8, 14, 1 - 16.

Schor, C. M., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2008). Adaptive calibration of dynamic accommodation - implications for accommodating intraocular lenses. Journal of Refractive Surgery, 24, 984 - 990.

Rymer, J., Choh, V., Bharadwaj, S. R., Padmanabhan, V., Modilevsky, L., Jovanovich, E., Yeh, B., Zhang, Z., Guan, H., Payne, W., & Wildsoet, C. F. (2007). The albino chick as a model for studying ocular developmental anomalies, including refractive errors, associated with albinism. Experimental Eye Research, 85, 431 - 442.

Candy, T. R., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2007). The stability of steady-state accommodation in human infants. Journal of Vision, 7, 1 - 16.

Bharadwaj, S. R., Hoenig, M. P., Sivaramakrishnan, C. V., Karthikeyan, B., Simonian, D., Mau, K., Rastani, S., & Schor, C. M. (2007). Variation of binocular-vertical fusion amplitude with convergence. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 48, 1592 - 1600.

Schor, C. M., Bharadwaj, S. R., & Burns, C. D. (2006). Dynamic performance of acccommodating intraocular lenses in a negative feedback control system: A simulation based study. Computers in Biology and medicine, 37, 1020 - 1035.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Schor, C. M. (2006). Initial destination of the disaccommodation step response. Vision Research, 46, 1959 - 1972.

Schor, C. M., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2006). Pulse-step models of control strategies for dynamic ocular accommodation and disaccommodation. Vision Research, 46, 242 - 258.

Bharadwaj, S. R.,& Schor, C. M. (2006). Dynamic control of ocular disaccommodation I. First- and second- order dynamics. Vision Research, 46, 1019 - 1037.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Schor, C. M. (2005). Acceleration characteristics of human ocular accommodation. Vision Research, 45, 17 - 28.

Schor, C. M., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2005).A Pulse-Step model of accommodation dynamics in the aging eye. Vision Research, 45, 1237 - 1254.

Schor, C. M., & Bharadwaj, S. R.(2004). A Pulse-Step model of accommodation dynamics. Conference Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 1, 766 - 769.

Webster, M. A., Webster, S. M., Bharadwaj, S. R., Verma, R., Jaikumar, J., Madan, G., & Vaithilingam, E. (2002). Variations in normal color vision. III. Unique hues in Indian and United States observers. Journal of Optical Society of America, 19, 1951 - 1962.

Webster, M. A., Webster, S. M., MacDonald, J., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2001). Adaptation to blur. Proceedings of the SPIE: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, 4299, 69 – 78.

         

Selected conference presentations

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2009). The effect of induced anisometropia on accommodation and vergence during development. 3rd annual Berkeley conference on translational reserach, Berkeley, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2009). Accommodation and vergence responses to conflicting blur and disparity cues during visual development. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Teel, D. F. Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2009). Accommodative-vergence and vergence-accommodation cross-link gains in pre-schoolers. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., (2008). Cues for the control of accommodation and vergence during postnatal human development. University of Waterloo School of Optometry, Ontario, Canada.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2008). Accommodation and vergence responses to conflicting blur and disparity cues in the developing visual system. VSS, Naples, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2008). Cues for the control of accommodation and vergence during postnatal human development. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., Crow, J., Nance, J., & Candy, T. R. (2007). Effect of cycloplegia on the microfluctuations of steady-state ocular accommodation. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Wang, J.,Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2007). The monocular threshold stimulus for accommodation in human infants. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Candy, T. R. (2006). Variation of steady-state accommodation with viewing distance in infants. AAO, Denver, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., Su, Y., & Schor, C. M. (2006). Short-term adaptive modification of dynamic ocular accommodation. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Kim, Y. S., Bharadwaj, S. R., & Schor, C. M. (2006). Effect of altering dark focus of accommodation on the dynamics of disaccommodation. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Schor, C. M., Bharadwaj, S. R., Burns, C. D. (2006). Dynamic performance of accommodating-intraocular lenses: A simulation-based study. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Hoenig, P., Bharadwaj, S. R., Simonian, D., Mau, K., Rastani, S., Breen, L., & Schor, C. M. (2006). Variation of vertical fusional vergence amplitude with horizontal vergence. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R., Kim, Y. S., & Schor, C. M. (2005). Dynamic control of ocular disaccommodation. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Schor, C. M., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2005). A Pulse-Step model of ocular disaccommodation. VSS, Sarasota, USA.

Sivaramakrishnan, C. V., Karthikeyan, B.,Bharadwaj, S. R. (2005). Influence of convergence on vertical fusional vergence amplitude. Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)-ARVO, Singapore.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Schor, C. M. (2004). A Pulse-Step model of accommodation dynamics. 26th Annual International Conference, IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS), San Francisco, USA.

Schor, C. M. & Bharadwaj, S. R., (2004). Pulse-step model of accommodation in the aging eye. ARVO, Ft. Lauderdale, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R. (2003). What is so special about the contrast sensitivity function?. CME on Applications of Fourier Analysis to Human Visual System, Sankara Nethralaya, India.

Bharadwaj, S. R., & Schor, C. M. (2003). First & second order dynamics of accommodation and disaccommodation. Fall Vision Meeting, Tucson, USA.

Schor, C. M., & Bharadwaj, S. R.,. (2003). A dual-mode model describing accommodation dynamics. Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA.

Mori, G., Walker, L., Bharadwaj, S. R., Schor, C. M., & Malik, J. D. (2003). Do object viewing strategies change when parts are ambiguous? ECVP, Paris, France.

Bharadwaj, S. R. & Schor, C. M. (2003). Peak velocity of accommodation is dependant on duration of acceleration. ARVO, Florida, USA.

Bharadwaj, S. R. (2003). Peak velocity of accommodation is acceleration duration dependant. L.V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.

Bharadwaj, S. R. (2002). 3-dimensional rotational kinematics of eye movements. Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.

Joseph, I. S., & Bharadwaj, S. R. (2001). Spatial frequency adaptation in human face perception. 5th Optometric Association of India Conference, Calcutta, India.

         

Anonymous reviewer responsibility

Experimental Eye Research

Graefes Archives for Clincial & Experimental Ophthalmology

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics

Optometry & Vision Science

Vision Research

         

Professional affiliations

Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO)

American Academy of Optometry (AAO)

Vision Sciences Society (VSS)

         

Teaching experience

2004. Graduate student teaching consultant. Department of Optometry and Vision Science.

2002 - 2004. Oculomotor Functions and Neurology. Teaching assistant to Prof. Clifton Schor.

2002 - 2004. Binocular Vision and Space Perception. Teaching assistant to Prof. Martin Banks.

2003. Optometry research project. Reader assisting Prof. Theodore Cohn.

         

Software skills

Operating Systems: Windows 9x - Windows XP

Programming Languages: Microsoft Visual Basic; Psychophysics Toolbox - MATLAB interface

Statistical Softwares: MATLAB, IGOR pro, Microsoft Excel

         

Software development

Developed software for the diagnosis and training of the following sensory and oculo- motor functions

Aniseikonia

Graphical analysis of the zone of clear & single binocular vision

Horizontal and Vertical vergence

Horizontal fixation disparity

These softwares were written using the Psychophysics Toolbox application of MATLAB. They are being used in the Binocular & Visual Development Skills Clinic, School of Optometry, UC Berkeley.

 

References

Prof. Anthony J. Adams Professor, Dean Emeritus & Editor-in-Chief of Optometry & Vision Science, UC Berkeley.

Dr. T. Rowan Candy Associate Professor of Optometry, Vision Science & Cognitive Science, IU Bloomington.

Prof. Clifton M. Schor Professor of Optometry, Vision Science & Bio-Engineering, UC Berkeley.

 

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