Julie Kornfield

Dr. Kornfield, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, is an expert in polymer physics, including the physical properties of ocular tissues (cornea, sclera, vitreous), tissue engineering and drug delivery. She has won numerous awards, including the John N. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a co-founder of RxSight, Inc. (formerly Calhoun Vision), and led the development of the material with the speed, clarity and sensitivity to enable clinically relevant adjustment of the light adjustable lens (LAL). She is a co-founder of Visdex Corporation and has led the in vitro studies of efficacy, drug delivery and irradiation for therapeutic cross-linking of the cornea and sclera using eosin Y and visible light.