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Senior Staff Bio - Daniel J. Plummer

Education

Institution/Location	Degree Earned	Year of Completion	Field of Study
Brown University, Providence, RI	Sc.B.	1988	Cognitive Science with Honors
Brown University, Providence, RI	A.B.	1988	Computer Science
University of California, San Diego	M.A.	1991	Experimental Psychology
University of California, San Diego	Ph.D	1992	Experimental Psychology
University of California, San Diego	Post Doc	1992 - 1993	Human Color Vision Clinical Assessment (HIV, Retinal Diseases)

Awards and Honors

May 1988 William Gaston award for excellence in Cognitive Science, Brown University, Providence, RI
May 1988 Sc.B. in Cognitive Science with Honors, Brown University, Providence, RI
1995 Recipient of ARVO/National Eye Institute Travel Fellowship Grant

Professional Experience

1989- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
1993- 1995 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego
1996- 1998 Assistant Research Scientist, Step I, , Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego
1998 - 2000 Assistant Research Scientist, Step II (concludes 6/00)
2000 - Adjunct Professor (concludes 6/02)

Professional Societies

1988 - 2001 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
1987 - 1992 Optical Society of America
1987 - 1990 AAAI
1989 - 1992 Society for Neuroscience

Grants

UARP 1995-1998 Title: Early Detection of CMV retinitis: A self-administered exam NIH National Eye Institute EY11961 1997-2000 Title : Entoptic Perimetry : A Screening Test for CMV Retinitis

Journal Reviewer

Ophthalmic Research
Retina

Publications (selected publications through 9/2000)

Plummer, D.J., Ramachandran, V.S., and Pashler, H. (1990) Pre-attentive "pop-out" of 3D image features: the role of size constancy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 31 (suppl.), 562.

Plummer, D.J. and Ramachandran, V.S. (1991) Perception of transparency in stationary and images. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 32 (suppl.), 1276

Plummer, D.J. (1992) Perceptual grouping based on expansion, rotation, and motion capture. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 33 (suppl.), 1142

Plummer, D.J. and Ramachandran, V.S. (1993) Transparency and cues in vision. Spatial Vision, 7, 113-123.

Plummer, D.J., Sample, Pamela A., Arevalo, J.F., Quiceno, J.I., and Freeman, W.R. (1994). Visual field loss in patients with HIV. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 35 (suppl.), 1307.

Stockman, A. and Plummer, D.J. The luminance channel can be opponent? (1994) Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 35 (suppl.), 1572.

Plummer, D.J., and Stockman, A. (1994) The temporal frequency response of the early short-wavelength cone pathway. Perception (suppl.), 23, 87.

Sample P.A., Plummer D.J., and Weinreb R.N.. (1994) Standard achromatic perimetry vs. short-wavelength automated perimetry for following glaucoma. Glaucoma Update V: Kriglestein GK (ed.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Plummer, D.J., Sample, P.A., Arevalo, J.F., Dua, R., and Freeman, W.R. (1995) Vision loss in HIV+ individuals without retinitis: A longitudinal study. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 36 (suppl.), S778.

Fram, N.R., Plummer, D.J., Arevalo, J.F., Quiceno, J.I., and Freeman, W.R. (1995) Detection of CMV retinitis through entopic perimetry Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 36 (suppl.), S778.

Sample, P.A. and Plummer, D.J. (1995) An assymetry in short-wavelength senstivity across the horizontal meridian of the visual field. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 36 (suppl.), S661.

Plummer, D.J., Arevalo, J.F., Fram, N.R., Quiceno, J.I., and Freeman, W.R. (1996) Effectiveness of Entoptic Perimetry for Locating Peripheral Scotomas Due to CMV Retinitis. Archives of Ophthalmology, 114, 828-831. Also translated to Spanish Language edition.

Plummer, D.J., Sample, P.A., Quiceno, J.I., Arevalo, J.F., and Freeman, W.R. (1996) Early non-infectious visual function deficits resulting from HIV. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 122, 542-549.

Iragui V.J., Kalmijn J., Plummer D.J., Sample P.A., Trick G.L., Freeman W.R. (1996) Pattern electroretinograms and visual evoked potentials in HIV infection: Evidence of asymptomatic retinal and postretinal impairment in the absence of infectious retinopathy. Neurology 47, 1452-1456.

Plummer, D.J., Marcotte, T., Sample, P.A., Heaton, R., Grant, I., and Freeeman, W.R. (1996) Relationship of Visual Field and Neuropsychological Disturbances Due To HIV Infection. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 37 (suppl.), S373.

Dua, R., Mueller, A.J. Plummer,, D.J., Sample, P.A., Freeman, W.R. (1996) Visual dysfunctions in ophthalmoscopically normal HIV-positive patients are not related to the stage of the disease. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 37 (suppl.), S372.

Mueller, A.J. Plummer, D.J., Dua, R, Taskintuna, I, Sample, P.A., Grant, I, and Freeman, W.R. (1997) Analysis of visual dysfunctions in HIV-positive patients without retinitis. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 124, 158-167.

Plummer, Daniel J., Sample, Pamela A. and Freeman, William R. (1997) Entoptic perimetry: A rapid, inexpensive screening technique for CMV retinitis. 5th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections

Plummer, D.J., Sample, P.A., Azen, S.P, and Freeman, W.R. (1997) Improved entoptic perimetry allows detection and localization of scotomas due to CMV retinitis. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 38 (suppl.), S1100.

Stockman, A. and Plummer, D.J. (1998) Color from invisible flicker: a failure of the Talbot-Plateau law caused by an early "hard" saturating nonlinearity used to partition the human short-wave cone pathway. Vision Research, 38, 3703-3728.

Matsubara, K.I., Plummer, D.J., Sample, P.A., and Freeman, W.R. (1998) Comparison of entoptic and achromatic automated perimetry for locating scotomas due to CMV retinitis. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 39 (suppl.), S136.

Plummer, D.J., Sample, P.A., Matsubara, K.I,. and Freeman, W.R. (1998) Patterns of visual field loss in HIV-positive patients. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 39 (suppl.), S232.

Karavellas, M.P., Plummer, D.J., Macdonald, J.C., Torriani, F., Shufelt, C.L., Azen, S.P., Freeman, W.R. (1999) Incidence of Immune Recovery Vitritis in CMV Retinitis Patients Following Institution of Successful HAART. Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Plummer, D.J., Banker, A., Taskintuna, I., Azen, S.P., Sample, P.A., LaBree, L., and Freeman, W.R. Entoptic perimetry: Reliability in locating scotomas due to CMV retinitis. Archives of Ophthalmology, 117 (2), 202-7.

Plummer, D.J., Sample, P.A., and Freeman, W.R. (1998) Visual dysfunction in HIV-positive patients without infectious retinopathy. AIDS Patient Care and STDs.

Plummer, D.J., Marcotte, T.D., Sample, P.A, Heaton, R.K., Grant, I, Freeman, W.R. and the HNRC Group. (1998) Non-Retinal Visual Field Deficits are Associated with Neuropsychological Impairment in HIV Infection. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 40, 435-442.

Sample, P.A., Plummer, D.J., Mueller, A.J., Matsubara, K.I., Sadun, A., Grant, I., and Freeman, W.R. (1999)The pattern of early visual field loss in HIV infected patients. Archives of Ophthalmology, 117(6), 755-60.

Plummer, D.J., Lopez A., Azen, S.P., LaBree, L., Bartsch, D.G., Sadun, A.A., and Freeman, W.R. (in press). Correlation Between Static Automated and Scanning Laser Entoptic Perimetry in Normal and Glaucoma Patients. Ophthalmology.

Plummer, D.J., Azen, S.P., and Freeman, W.R. (in press) Scanning Laser Entoptic Perimetry for the Screening of Macular and Peripheral Retinal Disease. Archives of Ophthalmology.

Karavellas, M.P., Azen, S.P., Macdonald, J.C., Shufelt, C.L., Lowder, C.Y., Plummer, D.J., Glasgow, B., Torriani, F.J., Freeman, W.R. (in press) Immune Recovery Vitritis in AIDS: Clinical Predictors, Sequellae and Treatment Outcomes.