| Denis Guillermo Pelli | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 25, 1953 |
| Residence | New York |
| Fields | Psychology Neuroscience |
| Institutions | New York University |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Fergus W. Campbell |
| Doctoral students | Najib Majaj, Catherine Burns, Manoj Raghavan, Preeti Vergheese, Clayton Van Doren |
| Known for | Equivalent input noise Psychtoolbox QUEST |
Denis Pelli (born June 25, 1953) is a Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University studying object recognition and reading. Pelli is famous for his contributions to the fields of visual sensitivity, letter identification, and object recognition. Pelli completed his PhD at Cambridge with Campbell and Robson in 1981. Pelli is known for his work on the Psychtoolbox, equivalent input noise, QUEST, the Pelli-Zhang video attenuator, and the Pelli-Robson Contrast Sensitivity Chart. The chart, which allows for clinical measurement of contrast sensitivity, is part of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) permanent collection. Pelli serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Vision, and has written over 50 publications.