Martin J. Steinbach

Martin J. Steinbach
Martin J. Steinbach
Born	(1941-10-23)October 23, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	June 24, 2017(2017-06-24) (aged 75) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology
Board member of	Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco
Academic background
Education	Connecticut College
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Academic work
Institutions	York University, University of Toronto, Krembil Research Institute

Martin J. Steinbach was a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at York University. He received a Master's Degree from Connecticut College in 1965 and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1968.

In 1968, Steinbach was hired at York University by Ian P. Howard as his first postdoctoral fellow, as a Research Associate and as a Special Lecturer. In 1970 he became an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1973. From 1981 until 2002, Steinbach served as a Professor of Psychology and Biology at Atkinson College and the Faculty of Science. He became a Distinguished Research Professor (lifetime award) in 2000. Steinbach is a founding member of the Centre for Vision Research (CVR), York University.

Steinbach was Director of Research and Promotions, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, director of the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute (2006-2013), Senior Scientist in the Krembil Research Institute, Professor of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences at University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in the Department of Ophthalmology The Hospital for Sick Children.

In 1988, Steinbach along with Jean Real Brunette formed the Vision Health Research Council of Canada whose mission is to unify Canadian vision research and to advocate for vision research funding. He had an important impact on eye research and vision health in Canada.

Steinbach’s many awards and distinctions include: the Carl Kupfer Award, from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, “For promoting vision research in Canada”, the Chair’s Award, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences' Faculty Research Day Lecture named, in perpetuity, in his honour.

Steinbach wrote a bi-monthly invited column in the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology called Cyclops: Update on progress in vision science, from 2005 to 2017.

Steinbach areas of research interests included eye movements, eye muscle proprioception, spatial and motion perception, stereoscopic vision, central vision loss, and visual illusions.