Biography      
I studied applied math at Harvard (BA '75) and vision
at Cambridge (Physiology PhD '81), with Campbell and Robson. At Minneapolis
('80 postdoc with Legge), Syracuse ('81-'95 professor), and NASA Ames ('87
sabbatical with Watson and Ahumada), I worked on visual requirements of
reading and mobility, on visual testing (e.g. the Pelli-Robson Contrast
Sensitivity Chart), and on characterizing the limits of visual perception.
Since 1995 I've been Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New
York University, studying letter and object recognition.
Optical Society of America Leadership Award/New
Focus Prize, 2000: “Through leadership in visual science,
Dr. Pelli has benefited artists, scholars and the visually impaired.
His work has made significant contributions that have transcended
both interdisciplinary and international boundaries.”
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