Denis G. Pelli is a Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU since 1995, focusing on object recognition and the experience of beauty. His educational background includes a BA in applied mathematics from Harvard University and a PhD in Physiology from Cambridge University. He completed postdoctoral work on psychophysics of reading under Gordon Legge at the University of Minnesota. Notable honors include the 2000 Optical Society of America Leadership Award/New Focus Prize, recognizing his contributions to visual science benefiting artists, scholars and the visually impaired. He served as a Visiting Fellow Commoner at Trinity College, Cambridge (2011-2012) and received the 2016 Oberdorfer Low Vision Award from ARVO. His scholarship has generated approximately 20,000 citations according to Google Scholar.
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