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KRISTINA IRSCH

Ophthalmic Optics and Instrumentation

Kristina Irsch is a physicist specializing in ophthalmic instrument development. She received her Ph.D. from Heidelberg University under the tutelage of Josef F. Bille, Ph.D..
During her graduate studies she also worked at the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore and followed up with a postdoctoral research fellowship in ophthalmology there with David L. Guyton, M.D..
She then remained at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, to merge her background in physics with endeavors in the field of ophthalmology and help bridge the gap between clinician and engineer.

While continuing the development and translation of a diagnostic screening device for remote detection of vision disorders in young children, she came to the Vision Institute / Quinze-Vingts National Eye Hospital to work in collaboration with the Langevin Institute on the development of high-resolution ocular imaging methods. These include the project entitled “Towards an objective and quantitative Assessment of human Corneal Transparency (TACT)” for which she received a Marie Curie Horizon 2020 Reintegration Fellowship grant. A major partner in this endeavor has been Karsten Plamann, Ph.D., Professor of ENSTA Paris, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, in the Laboratory for Optics & Biosciences.
Kristina was recently appointed as a “chargé de recherche de classe normale” within the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) to continue applying her training in physics to problems in ophthalmology at the Vision Institute. Her current research focuses on solving, as well as turning problems inherent to patient imaging, such as eye movements and light scattering, to advantage. The overall goal is to exploit the potential of the cornea and the eye to serve as a window into systemic processes within the body.

Parallel to her research pursuits, Kristina has also been teaching ophthalmic optics and refraction, as part of the bachelor's degree program in orthoptics at the Sorbonne University, as well as at various ophthalmology basic science courses internationally (Columbia University, University of Texas at Houston, University of Illinois at Chicago, Wills Eye Hospital, Stanford University).


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Contact: kristina.irsch@inserm.fr

 

Team members:

maëlle vilbertJOB NIH

MAËLLE VILBERT
PhD Candidate (co-directed
with Karsten Plamann)

 

Alumni:

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ROMAIN BOCHEUX
                           BATHILDE RIVIERE
PhD Student                                          Master's Student

 

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