LYNN A. OLZAK
Department
of Psychology,
of
(513)
529-1754 (513)
936-9460
EDUCATION
1969‑1973 B.A.
with honors,
Psychology, June, 1973.
1974‑1975 M.A. Psychology, August, 1975.
1976‑1981
Ph.D. Psychology, March, 1981.
1982‑1983
NIMH Postdoctoral Trainee.
Department of Psychology,
EXTERNAL
GRANTS & CONTRACTS
"Linear Structural Equation Models of Target Acquisition
Performance". Human Factors
Branch, Naval Weapons Center,
"Scale
of Chromatic/Luminance Contrast for Visual Aids to Navigation
"Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision". Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Eye Institute
NEI grant EY00360 with UCLA. Award (5 yrs):
"Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision. NEI grant
EY00360 with UCLA. Award (3 yrs):
"Cortical Mechanisms of Spatial Pattern Vision". Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Eye Institute
NEI grant EY13953 with
INTERNAL
GRANTS
“Neural
Mechanisms Underlying Visual Shape Perception”.
Faculty Mentorships
2000 Summer Scholarship Sponsor,
2002 Undergraduate Research Award for Senior Honor thesis
(Andrew Clark) $500 to student
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
Fellow, Optical Society of
Alpha Delta Pi/Alpha Xi Delta Teaching
Dedication Award,
University Medal,
National
Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellowship,
National Research Council Research
Associate, 1981 (Declined)
UCLA Dept. of Psychology Distinguished
Dissertation Award, 1981
Howard Hughes Fellow, 1977‑1980
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Optical
Society of
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Visual Psychophysics & Cognitive
Neuroscience: Neural mechanisms underlying: spatial pattern perception, complex pattern
processing, texture discrimination/segregation, scene/object segregation,
illusory and occluded contours, intermediate-level mechanisms underlying form
and object discrimination and recognition (including reading and reading
disorders); color & lightness perception, constancy, visual attention,
decision processes. Collaborative
Interests: functional brain maps of
visual processes in normal and abnormal populations (fMRI,
single-cell recording in behaving monkeys), development of functional visual
brain modules.
Quantitative Modeling: Analytic, biologically plausible
quantitative models; multidimensional signal detection, geometric/vector,
statistical/association, multivariate (parallel/hierarchical), log‑linear,
structural (LISREL), nonlinear processes, interests in neural networks &
other computational approaches to low- and intermediate-level visual
processing.
TEACHING
INTERESTS
Undergraduate:
Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Attention, Perceptual & Cognitive
Development & Aging, Statistics, Research Methods, Introduction to
Psychology, Quantitative Modeling
of sensory processes, Psychophysical Methods, Linear Models.
Seminars (graduate or advanced
undergraduate): perceptual processes,
vision, spatial vision & pattern perception, color vision, attention, basic
and/or applied psychophysics, human factors, signal detection theory,
quantitative/multidimensional/computational models in vision. Interests in co-teaching
courses in biological and functional mechanisms of vision, the visual
processing hierarchy (low, intermediate and high level visual phenomena and
mechanisms of vision), perceptual/visual development.
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
1998-present Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Miami University
of Ohio
1994-1998 Adjunct Associate Professor; Associate Research
Psychologist, Department of
Psychology,
UCLA
1992‑1994 Adjunct Assistant Professor; Assistant
Research Psychologist, Department of Psychology, UCLA.
1984‑1992 Assistant
Research Psychologist; Lecturer, Department of Psychology, UCLA.
1985‑1986 Visiting
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
1983‑1985 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
1982‑1983 NIMH Postdoctoral Trainee, Department
of Psychology,
1981‑1982
Visiting Lecturer and Postdoctoral
Scholar, Department of Psychology, UCLA.
1980‑1982 Associate editor/contracts manager for Handbook of Perception and Human Performance, Wiley, 1986, as
Consultant to University of Dayton Research Institute. Located at UCLA.
1979‑1980 Research Associate, Dept. of Psychology, UCLA
1977‑1980 Member
of Technical Staff, Hughes Aircraft Co.,
1976‑1977 Teaching Associate, Department of Psychology, UCLA
1976 Consultant
to Hughes Aircraft Company. On‑site representative at NASA‑Ames Research Center.
1974‑1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology,
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Invited Addresses
July, 1988 Mathematical Psychology Annual Meeting,
Feb.,
1990 Department
of Psychology, UC
July,
1993
July, 1993 School of Optometry,
Feb.,
1994 Department
of Cognitive Sciences, UC Irvine. "Edge and texture processors in human vision."
Feb.,
1994 Department
of Psychology, UC
June, 1994 Department of Psychology, UC
Oct., 1994 Department of Psychology,
Feb., 1995 Department of Psychology,
Oct., 1995 Optical Society of
Nov., 1995
Nov., 1995 Department of Psychology,
Sept, 1996 Center
for Vision and Visual Cognition, Department of Psychology,
Dec, 1996 Smith-Kettlewell
Research Institute,
Aug., 1997 European
Conference on Visual Perception 20th Anniversary Symposium,
Mar., 1998 Department of Psychology,
Feb., 1999
Nov., 1999
Aug.,
2000 European Conference on Visual
Perception,
Feb., 2001 Department
of Psychology,
Oct., 2002 Department
of Psychology,
Feb, 2002 Department
of Psychology,
June, 2003 Centre
for Visual Sciences,
Extracurricular Teaching
1992 Optometry Review for
1981-1993 UCLA Extension, summer session courses: Cognitive
Psychology, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1990; Psychological Statistics: 1989, 1990;
Laboratory in Cognitive
Psychology, 1993.
Consulting Activities
1976 Hughes
Aircraft Co. at NASA‑AMES
1980 Department
of Psychology,
1986 MacAulay‑Brown
Publishing Co., Inc. Review
and selection of material for inclusion in
Engineering Data Compendium, AMRL, Wright‑Patterson AFB (1988).
1992‑1995 Optimetrics,
Inc. (
1995-pres. Member, Expert Network, Crew Systems
Ergonomics Analysis Center (CSERIAC),
Dept. of Defense, Human Engineering Division, Armstrong Laboratory,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
Editing and Reviewing Activities
1980‑82 University
of Dayton Research Institute. Associate
Editor/Contracts Manager for Handbook of
Perception and Human
Performance, Wiley (1986).
2000-2001 Guest Editor for special issue "2nd
-order Processes in Vision" in Journal
of the Optical Society of
Journal Reviews: Journal of the
Optical Society of
Grant Reviews: National
Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NEI)
Text Reviews: Simon
& Schuster Publishing Co. (Statistics); John Wiley & Sons (Perception)
Professional Service
Association for Research in Session Chair, regularly; Fight for Sight Awards Committee.
Vision
and Ophthalmology: Program
Committee, Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics Scientific Section. Elected term:
2000-2004
Symposium
Organizer, 2002 Annual Meeting "Long-range Interactions in the Visual
System"
European Conference on Visual
Perception: Session Chair; regularly
Member,
Organizing Committee ECVP 2004,
Optical Society
of
1994 Edgar D. Tillyer Award Committee.
Vice-Chair
(1994-95), Vision Technical Group
Chair
(1996-97; 98-99), Vision Technical Group
Symposium
Organizer, 1996 Annual Meeting "Image Segmentation"
Technical Program Committee, 1996, 1997,
1999 Annual Meetings.
Symposium
Organizer, 1997 Annual Meeting "Far-Flung Interactions: Long-Range Facilitation and Inhibition.