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Coletta, Nancy Joy was born on September 3, 1955 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Armand Anthony and Nora Afton Coletta.
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Nancy Joy Coletta, American Vision scientist, educator. Achievements include research in optical effects on night vision, in visual perceptual effects due to spatial sampling of retinal image bycone photoreceptors, non-invasive technique to measure cone spacing, and interactions between rod and cone mechanisms in human flicker sensitivity.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Providence College, 1977; OD, Pennsylvania College Optometry, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
Career
Guest worker, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1980-1981; research associate Center for Visual Science, U. Rochester, New York, 1985-1987; assistant professor optometry, U. Houston, 1988-1994; associate professor optometry, U. Houston, since 1994. Grant referee National Science Foundation, 1988-1990. Journal referee Vision Research, since 1985, Journal Physiology, 1990, Journal Optical Society, since 1987, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, since 1989, Visual Neurosci., since 1991, Optometry and Vision Science, since 1994.
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Membership
Fellow American Academy Optometry. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American, Association for Research in Vision and Ophahtlmology, Sigma Xi, Beta Sigma Kappa.
