La Vanguardia
In SpanishCataracts: understanding your options
A conversation about quality of vision, common questions and the origins of my book for patients and families.
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PRESS AND INTERVIEWS
In the media.
Selected interviews, front pages, press clippings and cartoons about my work, science and books.
La Verdad
In SpanishCuriosity, science and a life of writing
Research, curiosity and critical thinking, alongside the publication of Visión de lejos and I Have Cataracts: What Should I Know?
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In EnglishA New Look at Vision Correction
An interview on adaptive optics, visual simulation and the challenges of taking laboratory research into practice.
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“Among the world’s leading scientific researchers”
The front page highlights University of Murcia researchers, including Pablo Artal, featured in a Stanford University study of scientific impact.
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In SpanishScience, vision and society
An extended conversation about research, science communication, university life and the book Visión a todas las distancias.
Read at Revista MercurioLa Razón · Innovadores
In Spanish
“From astronomy to myopia: the physicist revolutionising optics”
A profile covering my research in visual optics, Voptica’s VAO technology and the 2018 National Research Award.
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In Spanish
“Despite everything!”
A cartoon by Puebla marking the 2018 National Research Awards, with Pablo Artal mentioned in the heading. The original cartoon is in Spanish.
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In SpanishResearch to improve vision
A conversation on Hoy por Hoy Región de Murcia following the Juan de la Cierva National Research Award.
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Short biography
Pablo Artal is Professor of Optics at the University of Murcia, Spain, and founder of its Optics Laboratory. He investigates how the eye’s optics shape vision and develops technologies to study and improve it. His contributions span retinal image quality, aberration compensation and adaptive optics visual simulators. He co-founded Visiometrics and Voptica, edits the Handbook of Visual Optics and writes books for general readers. He has supervised around fifty doctoral theses. His honours include Spain’s Juan de la Cierva National Research Award, the Rey Jaime I Award for New Technologies and the Medal of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics.
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Awards and honours
- 2013 · Edwin H. Land Medal · OSA
- 2015 · Rey Jaime I Award for New Technologies
- 2018 · “Juan de la Cierva” National Research Award
- 2019 · Edgar D. Tillyer Award · OSA
- 2019 · Distinguished Service Diploma · Region of Murcia
- 2021 · Medal of the Royal Spanish Society of Physics
Media enquiries: info@pabloartal.com