Qualifications

Dr Richard Calver graduated from City University in 1994, with an Honours degree in Optometry, and attained membership of the College of Optometrists in 1995. Following a further year practising as an optometrist in London, he moved to the University of Bradford to undertake postgraduate research under the supervision of Dr Mike Cox. His thesis, entitled "Measurements of the human ocular wavefront aberration with the crossed-cylinder aberroscope," was submitted in January 2000 and he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy soon after. This was followed by a period as post-doctoral research associate with Dr Srimant Tripathy at the same university. In September 2000, Richard was appointed to his current position of Senior Lecturer in Optometry at Anglia Ruskin University.

As well as his interests in vision science, Richard is also interested in the history and philosophy of science and medicine, and in 2007 received the degree of MA in 'Medicine, Science and Society: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives' from Birkbeck, University of London.

Research

• Measurement of human ocular aberrations
• Effect of aberrations on visual performance
• Optical correlates of myopia

Richard was co-winner of the 2011 Bernard Gilmartin OPO Award for the following paper:
R. Calver, H. Radhakrishnan, E. Osuobeni and D.J. O'Leary (2007). Peripheral refraction for distance and near vision in emmetropes and myopes. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 27, 584-593.

Publications

H. Radhakrishnan, P.M. Allen, R.I. Calver, B. Theagarayan, H. Price, S. Rae, A. Sailoganathan and D.J. O'Leary (2013). Peripheral refractive changes associated with myopia progression. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 54, 1573-1581.

P.M. Allen, H. Radhakrishnan, H. Price, S. Rae, B. Theagarayan, R.I. Calver, A. Sailoganathan, K. Latham and D.J. O'Leary (2013). A randomised clinical trial to assess the effect of a dual treatment on myopia progression: The Cambridge Anti-Myopia Study. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 33, 267-276.

R. Calver (2010). The Health and Social Security Act 1984 and the price of spectacles among corporate practices in the United Kingdom (1980 - 2007): a review. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 30, 113-123

P.M. Allen, H. Radhakrishnan, S.M. Rae, R.I. Calver, B.P. Theagarayan, P. Nelson, E. Osuobeni, A. Sailoganathan, H. Price and D.J. O'Leary (2009). Aberration control and vision training as an effective means of improving accommodation in myopes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 50, 5120-5129

S.M. Rae, H. Radhakrishnan, B.B.P. Theagarayan, H.C. Price, P.M. Allen, A. Sailaganathan, R.I. Calver and D.J. O'Leary (2009) Increasing negative spherical aberration with soft contact lenses improves high and low contrast visual acuity in young adults. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 29, 593-601

B. Theagarayan, H. Radhakrishnan, P.M. Allen, R.I. Calver, S.M. Rae and D.J. O'Leary (2009). The effect of altering spherical aberration on static accommodation response. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 29, 65-71.

R. Calver, H. Radhakrishnan, E. Osuobeni and D.J. O'Leary (2007). Peripheral refraction for distance and near vision in emmetropes and myopes. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 27, 584-593.

H. Radhakrishnan, S. Pardhan, R.I. Calver, and D.J. O'Leary, (2004) "Effect of positive and negative defocus on contrast sensitivity in myopes and non-myopes", Vision Res., 44, 1869-1878.

M.P. Simunovic and R. Calver (2004) "Crowding under scotopic conditions", Vision Res., 44, 963-969.

H. Radhakrishnan, S. Pardhan, R.I. Calver, and D.J. O'Leary (2004) "Unequal reduction in visual acuity with positive and negative defocusing lenses in myopes?, Optom. Vis. Sci. 81, 14-17.

G. Smith, M.J. Cox, R. Calver, and L.F. Garner (2001) "The spherical aberration of the crystalline lens of the human eye", Vision Res., 41, 235-243.

M.J. Cox and R. Calver (1999) "Re-assessing the theoretical accuracy of the crossed cylinder aberroscope technique", J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 16. 2343- 2351.

R.I Calver, M.J. Cox and D.B. Elliott (1999) Effect of ageing on the monochromatic aberrations of the human eye. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 16, 2069-2078.