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Dr Marisa Rodriguez Carmona

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School of Health & Medical Sciences Department of Optometry and Visual Science

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Marisa Rodriguez-Carmona is a Lecturer in Optics in the School of Health Sciences at City, University of London. Marisa graduated with first class honours in Physics from Imperial College where she developed a strong interest in Optics and Visual Science. Marisa furthered her interests by joining the Applied Vision Research Centre in 2001 when she began her postgraduate studies in visual science with emphasis on colour vision.

During her PhD Marisa worked with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) UK and Transport for London Ltd. to develop better understanding of variability in chromatic sensitivity within both normal trichromats and subjects with congenital colour vision deficiency. These studies helped to establish minimum colour vision requirements that are specific for pilots and train drivers. Marisa obtained her PhD in 2006, and was then awarded a City University Fellowship to continue with colour-related research studies.

Marisa is a board member of the Colour Group Great Britain. She is involved in postgraduate teaching for Escuela Universitaria de Óptica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Spain and gives colour vision courses to occupational health professionals. Marisa has been recently awarded a Fellowship by the Colt Foundation to further her work on the use of colour signals in occupational environments.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Vision Science, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2006
  • MSci in Physics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, 2001

Employment

  • Lecturer in Optics, City, University of London, United Kingdom, December 2015 - present
  • Colour Research Laboratory Administrator, City University London, United Kingdom, 2014 - present
  • Research Fellow (Colt Foundation), City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2011 - present
  • Post-doctoral researcher, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2007 - present
  • Post-graduate teaching, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, January 2007 - present
  • Research Assistant funded by UK Civil Aviation Authority, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2005 - present
  • Internship, Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom, January 2000 - present
  • Internship, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, January 1999 - present

Memberships of professional organisations

  • European Conference on Visual Perception, 2007 - present
  • Colour Group of Great Britain, 2006 - present
  • Aerospace Medical Association, 2006 - present
  • International Colour Vision Society, 2005 - present
  • Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2003 - present

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), French (can understand spoken), German (can understand spoken) and Spanish; Castilian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

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Chapters (7)

  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M. (2023). Pseudoisochromatic Plates. Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology (pp. 1339-1340). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030898618.
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M. and Patterson, E.J. (2023). Photoreceptors, Color Vision. Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology (pp. 1289-1295). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 9783030898618.
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M. and Barbur, J.L. (2017). Variability in normal and defective colour vision. Colour Design (pp. 43-97). Elsevier. ISBN 9780081012703.
  • Barbur, J.L. and Rodriguez-Carmona, M. (2016). Color vision changes in normal aging. In Elliott, A.J., Fairchild, M.D. and Franklin, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Color Psychology (pp. 180-196). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107043237.
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M. (2016). Pseudoisochromatic Plates. Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology (pp. 1076-1077).
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M. (2016). Photoreceptors, Color Vision. Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology (pp. 1022-1026).
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M. and Barbur, J.L. (2012). Variability in normal and defective colour vision: consequences for occupational environments. In Best, J. (Ed.), Colour design (pp. 24-82). Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Limited.

Conference papers and proceedings (19)

  • Vaughan, M., Bohra, S., Patterson, E., Rodriguez‐Carmona, M. and Barbur, J. The use of colour and rapid flicker sensitivity tests for early detection and monitoring of vision changes in diabetes. .doi:10.1111/aos.16168
  • Rodriguez‐Carmona, M. and Barbur, J.L. Effect of macular pigment optical density on Yellow‐Blue and Red‐Green colour discrimination. .doi:10.1111/aos.16430
  • Evans, B., Rodríguez‐Carmona, M., Llapashtica, E. and Barbur, J. Development and validation of a new colour vision screener: A multi‐centre study. .doi:10.1111/aos.15832
  • Vaughan, M.H., Tay, N., Kalitzeos, A., Kane, T., Singh, N., Zheng, A.... Patterson, E.J. Subclinical changes detected in diabetes mellitus using high resolution retinal imaging and colour vision assessment. .
  • Rodriguez‐Carmona, M., Bastaki, Q. and Barbur, J.L. Loss of colour vision in patients at risk of developing diabetes. .doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2022.15366
  • Bastaki, Q., Rodriguez‐Carmona, M. and Barbur, J.L. The grading of risk factors for diabetes based on early loss of colour and flicker sensitivity. .doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2019.5454
  • Rodriguez‐Carmona, M. Colour assessment in patients at risk of developing diabetes. .doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2019.8023
  • Barbur, J.L., Rodriguez‐Carmona, M. and Evans, B. Assessing the severity of colour vision loss – implications for occupational environments. .doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2019.8227
  • Barbur, J.L., Evans, B. and Rodriguez-Carmona, M. New screener for congenital and acquired colour deficiencies. .
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M., Bastaki, Q. and Barbur, J.L. Loss of color and flicker sensitivity in subjects at risk of developing diabetes. .
  • Evans, B.E.W., Rodriguez-Carmona, M. and Barbur, J.L. Analysis of the residual signals colour deficients can use to pass the D-15 test. .
  • New analysis of the Farnsworth D‐15 test. .doi:10.1111/aos.13972_131
  • Hickey, J.D., Barbur, J.L. and Rodriguez-Carmona, M. How colour signals benefit visual search. .
  • Schalch, W., Rodriguez-Carmona, M., Harlow, J.A., Barbur, J.L. and Koepcke, W. Macular pigment optical density (MPOD) measurements using visual displays - a new method and first results. .
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M., Barbur, J.L., Harlow, J.A., Schalch, W. and Kopcke, W. Chromatic sensitivity changes in relation to macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in human vision. .
  • Schalch, W., Koepcke, W., Rodriguez-Carmona, M., Harlow, J.A. and Barbur, J.L. Profiles of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in subpopulations of a supplementation trial with lutein (LUT) and zeaxanthin (ZEA). .
  • Schalch, W., Barker, F.M., Koepcke, W., Kvansakul, J. and Barbur, J.L. Effects of supplementation with lutein (LUT) and zeaxanthin (ZEA), the constituents of the yellow macular pigment (YMP), on visual performance. .
  • Rodriguez-Carmona, M., Harlow, J.A. and Barbur, J.L. Pupil responses to chromatic afterimages. .
  • Barbur, J.L., Rodriguez-Carmona, M.L. and Morgan, M.J. "Double-blindsight" in human vision. .

Journal articles (36)

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Events/conferences (3)

  • Patterns of colour vision loss in patients with retinal and optic nerve disease. Lyon, France (2015).
    Description: XVIII International Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting (INOS)
  • Age-corrected monocular limits of normal trichromacy. Nice, France (2012).
    Description: European Association for Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
  • Assessing the severity of colour vision loss. Kongsberg, Norway (2011).
    Description: International Colour Vision Society (ICVS)

Keynote lectures/speeches (2)

  • A new approach to setting pass-fail limits for colour vision in other transport environments. University of Kobe, Japan (2014). INTERNATIONAL MARITIME HEALTH ASSOCIATION
  • Colour assessment in occupational environments and clinical applications. Florence, Italy (2013). IX Conferenza del Colore, Gruppo del Colore

Other

  • Managing the Colour Vision Laboratory at City University London .