# Larry Thibos

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'''Larry N. Thibos''' is an American scientist and academic. He is a [professor emeritus](/source/professor_emeritus) at [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University) and is a researcher in visual neurophysiology.

==Early life and career==
Thibos received bachelor's and master's degrees in [electrical engineering](/source/electrical_engineering) from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan). He earned a Ph.D. in 1975 in physiological optics from the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley). Thibos spent several years as a research fellow at the [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University), where he studied neurophysiological processes related to the eye.<ref name=opt>{{cite web|url=http://www.optometry.iu.edu/faculty-research/emeritus/thibos-larry-n.shtml|title=Larry N. Thibos, PhD|accessdate=September 29, 2013}}</ref> In the 1980s, he became a faculty member at [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University).<ref name=optometry>{{cite news|url=http://www.optometry.co.uk/news-and-features/?article=5590 |title=Research Excellence Lecture 2014 |date=February 14, 2014 |accessdate=March 15, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303162751/http://www.optometry.co.uk/news-and-features/?article=5590 |archivedate=March 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Currently he serves as a [professor emeritus](/source/professor_emeritus) at the Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, a division of [Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University) and is a [fellow](/source/fellow) of both [American Academy of Optometry](/source/American_Academy_of_Optometry) and [Optical Society](/source/Optical_Society). He is also a former editor of ''[Vision Science](/source/Vision_Science_(journal))'' and the ''[Journal of the Optical Society of America](/source/Journal_of_the_Optical_Society_of_America)''.<ref name=opt/>

==Awards==
In 1991 he received the [Glenn A. Fry Lecture Award](/source/Glenn_A._Fry_Lecture_Award). By 2012, along with [Sarita Soni](/source/Sarita_Soni), he was honored with the [Charles F. Prentice Medal Award](/source/Charles_F._Prentice_Medal_Award).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/23430.html |title=American Academy of Optometry recognizes two from IU for distinguished careers |publisher=[Indiana University](/source/Indiana_University) |date=November 12, 2012 |accessdate=March 15, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303162751/http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/23430.html |archivedate=March 3, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, he received the [President's Research Medal](/source/President's_Research_Medal).<ref name=optometry/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140315172338/http://www.college-optometrists.org/en/research/research-excellence-awards/presidents-research-medal.cfm/Professor%20Larry%20Thibos Larry Thibos] at [College of Optometrists](/source/College_of_Optometrists)

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