MARK BULLIMORE
Professor Bullimore is an internationally renowned scientist, speaker, and educator based in Boulder, Colorado. He received his Optometry degree and PhD in Vision Science from Aston University in Birmingham, England. He spent most of his career at the Ohio State University and the University of California at Berkeley and is now Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston. He is Associate Editor of Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics and the former Editor of Optometry and Vision Science. His expertise in myopia, contact lenses, low vision, presbyopia, and refractive surgery means that he is consultant for a number of ophthalmic, surgical, and pharmaceutical companies. This work has resulted in approval of, among others, Paragon CRT, Alcon’s iLux, and CooperVision’s MiSight lens.
EDUCATION
1987 PhD Vision Science* Aston University, UK
1984 MCOptom Optometry College of Optometrists, UK
1983 BSc Optometry Aston University, UK
* Thesis Title: Factors influencing the accommodative response to sustained visual tasks
Supervisor: Bernard Gilmartin PhD, External Examiner: Dr WN Charman PhD
AWARDS
1991 Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO)
1995 Garland Clay Award, American Academy of Optometry
2004 Eminent Service Award, American Academy of Optometry
2012 Inducted into National Academies of Practice
2018 Gold Fellow, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2022 Garland Clay Award, American Academy of Optometry
2022 Hall of Fame Inductee, American Academy of Optometry
2024 Life Fellowship, College of Optometrists, UK
PATENTS
1998 Apparatus and Method for Improving the Operation of an Autorefractor, U.S. Patent No. 08/753,640.
2023 Systems and methods for predicting myopia risk, United States Patent Application 20230081566
