Pictured: Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, Donald Bren Professor at the UCI School of Medicine.
Krzysztof Palczewski, PhD, Donald Bren Professor, UCI School of Medicine and Irving H. Leopold Chair of Ophthalmology at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, has been named the recipient of the 2022 Ludwig von Sallman Prize. This prestigious award is given every two years to an individual who has distinguished themselves by making a significant contribution to vision research and ophthalmology. The prize will be formally conferred at the XXV Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research in February, 2023.
Ludwig von Sallmann was a distinguished international ophthalmologist and ophthalmic investigator who served on the staffs of Vienna, Peking and Columbia Universities and the Ophthalmology Branch of the former National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness at the National Institutes of Health. In his memory, his wife, Henrietta von Sallmann, established a trust fund to support the prize.
Palczewski was also recently nominated as a 2022 Innovator of the Year by the Orange County Business Journal. Read more here.