Present status
Research Scientist,
Optics & Vision lab, School of Medicine, University of Crete
Optics & Vision lab, School of Medicine, University of Crete
Sotiris Plainis completed his undergraduate studies in Optics and Optometry in Greece and UK. These were followed by postgraduate (MSc, 1995; PhD, 1999) and postdoctoral (1999-2001) research at the Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences, UMIST, UK. Since then he has been employed as Principal Research Fellow at the Laboratory of Optics and Vision (LOV), School of Medicine, University of Crete, being being a faculty member of five postgraduate courses and a module leader of the MSc course in "Optometry & Vision Science” (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca) and the MSc course “Cutting Edge Technologies” (University of Crete). He has an active research group in visual optics, psychophysics and electrophysiology. Over the last several years, he and his collaborators have published a series of studies using eye tracking to examine silent reading performance, fixation behaviour, reading speed, and visual interventions affecting reading efficiency.
He is appointed as a Visiting Research Fellow at Aston University, UK and had served as an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester (2006-2013). He is a fellow of the European Academy of Optometry & Optics (EAOO) and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA). He is a member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR), of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) and of the International Society of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV). He is also a past faculty member of the Basic Optics course organised by the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) (2004-2019), the Education Committee of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) (2010-2015) and the Advisory Board of Zeiss Myopia Management committee (2023-2025). He has also served as an International Vision Impairment Classifier for the IPC (International Paralympic Committee). He has published widely in his field in peer-reviewed Journals (80), edited a book (“Presbyopia: origins, effects and treatment”, SLACK Incorporated) and is a reviewer of Postgraduate Scholarships of the British College of Optometry.
He is appointed as a Visiting Research Fellow at Aston University, UK and had served as an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester (2006-2013). He is a fellow of the European Academy of Optometry & Optics (EAOO) and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA). He is a member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR), of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) and of the International Society of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV). He is also a past faculty member of the Basic Optics course organised by the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) (2004-2019), the Education Committee of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics (EAOO) (2010-2015) and the Advisory Board of Zeiss Myopia Management committee (2023-2025). He has also served as an International Vision Impairment Classifier for the IPC (International Paralympic Committee). He has published widely in his field in peer-reviewed Journals (80), edited a book (“Presbyopia: origins, effects and treatment”, SLACK Incorporated) and is a reviewer of Postgraduate Scholarships of the British College of Optometry.
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«The eye is the master of astronomy, it makes cosmography, it advises and corrects all human arts.... The eye carries men to different parts of the world, It is the prince of mathematics, it has created architecture, and perspective, and divine paintings, it has discovered navigation». Leonardo da Vinci (1459-1519) |
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Education - Achievements
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Fellow, European Academy of Optometry & Optics (EAOO) / 2026
Module leader, MSc “Cutting Edge Technologies, Vision Science”, University of Crete / 2026 Council member, European Myopia Network / 2026 Member of the Editorial Board, Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (CLAE) / 2025 Full Member, International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE) / 2025 Module leader, MSc course "Optometry & Vision Science", Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy / 2024 Member, MSc course “Management of Refractive Errors and Refractive Surgery”, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens / 2024 Member, International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) / 2024 Member, Myopia management advisory board, Zeiss / 2023 Scientific director of CET course in “Optometry", University of Crete / 2021 Ambassador in Greece, International Myopia Institute (IMI) / 2021 Global Optometrist top 200 research ranking / 2021 Director of Contact-lenses.gr, Heraklion, Crete / 2018 Visiting Research Fellow, Aston University, UK / 2017 International Visual Impairment Classifier, IPC / 2016 Fellow, British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) / 2012 Member, International Society of Contact Lens Research (ISCLR) / 2009 Director of Optical House, Heraklion & Athens / 2007 Honorary Lecturer, University of Manchester, UK / 2006 Member, MSc course in “Brain & Mind”, University of Crete / 2003 Module leader, MSc course in “Optics & Vision”, University of Crete / 2003 Post-doctoral research scholarship, IKY / 2003 Research Scientist, University of Crete / 2002 Post-doctoral grant recipient, University of Manchester / 1999 PhD in Optometry & Neurosciences, UMIST, UK / 1998 MSc in Optometry & Vision Sciences, UMIST, UK / 1995 Diploma in Clinical Optometry, UMIST, UK / 1994 Diploma in Optics, School of Health Sciences, TEI Athens / 1993 |
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