[visionlist] VSS 2021 | Announcing the Recipient of the Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence

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VSS is Honored to Present Gerald Westheimer with the 2021 Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science

 




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Congratulations to Gerald Westheimer, the sixth recipient of the Ken Nakayama Medal for Excellence in Vision Science! The Nakayama Medal was created to honor Professor Ken Nakayama’s contribution to the Vision Sciences Society, as well as his innovations and excellence to the domain of vision sciences. The winner of the Ken Nakayama Medal receives this honor for high-impact work that has made a lasting contribution to vision science in the broadest sense.

 

During his esteemed career, Dr. Westheimer taught optics and vision science in the optometry schools of Houston, Ohio State, and UC Berkeley. In 1967, he was appointed as Professor of Physiology in Berkeley, and in 1987, he was the founding Head of the Division of Neurobiology in the newly formed Department of Molecular and Cell Biology. In 1994, he became Professor of the Graduate School at Berkeley as well as an adjunct professor in the Laboratory of Neurobiology at the Rockefeller University, New York. 

 

There are few facets of the visual system that Gerald Westheimer has not been involved in during his long career as active experimentalist, theoretician, scholar of the history of vision science, laboratory head, mentor, and sponsor of independent research by post-doctoral and visiting scholars from around the world. His recognitions include election to the Royal Society of London and its Ferrier Lecture, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, Honorary Member of the Royal Society of NSW, the Tillyer Medal of the Optical Society, Proctor Medal of ARVO, Prentice Medal of the American Academy of Optometry, International von Sallman Prize in Ophthalmology, Barry Collins Medal of the Australian Optometric Association, Glenn Fry Medal of Ohio State University, several honorary degrees and Membership of the Order of Australia.

 

For more information about Gerald Westheimer and an overview of his career, please visit the  <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001eE5FG3Xt_D0PMj2TqUlnlPCOZgrMzh_dCj4nkusRoSzeYt1cxjBWOVIBV32Z4JOIeMphqUzUAvuG5GM7gTClHn7ZpjGm9_79iPlgo5PaZNa40ws_h_pi3_Pch2xCg5hBV_HdhEiZ9cQ0WD_G8SekZiUMi-VmcjWV0VIyeXvBIm-u9xwxhGaEMi7rncw5uZ8Z&c=oPUGAxYbLDRzunG8txvC0YGnuOYp4MnZeAMzwocPYDWCs7HEEkhycQ==&ch=3Q4LzoBrMRchy69NBd43HAOVoZ8oheOry1P_rtx297ASK-zoQ8CJtw==> Ken Nakayama Award page. 

 

Gerald will be presented with his award and deliver a talk at the 2021 V-VSS Awards Session.

 





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Important Dates



March 5 VSS Board of Directors Nominations Close 

March 12 VSS Student-Postdoc Advisory Committee Applications Close 

March 12 Travel Award Recipients Notified 

March 22 Deadline to Submit Satellite Applications 

March 30 VSS Board of Directors Election Opens 

April 19 V-VSS Presentation Uploads Open 



May 21–26 V-VSS 2021

 



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