Ivars LACIS

Professor Ivars LACIS University of Latvia 8 Kengaraga Str. Riga, LV 1063 Latvia Phone: +371 67261068 Fax: +371 67260796 E-mail: [email protected]

Born: February 11, 1949, Talsi district, Latvia

• Crystal Growth
• Glass Structure
• Optometry and Vision Science

Languages: Latvian, Russian, English, German

• University of Latvia (Faculty of Physics and Mathematics), 1971
• Postgraduate, University of Latvia, 1980
• Dr.phys. (Candidate of Sciences of Physics and Mathematics, Ph.D. in Western countries),
  Thesis: "Optical Properties and Crystal Growth of Alkaline Earth Oxides"
• Dr.habil.phys., Institute of Solid State Physics of the University of Latvia, Riga, 1993
  Thesis: "Composite Disorder and Optical Properties of Pseudobinary Wide Gap Materials"
• Professor, University of Latvia, 1996.

• Senior Laboratory Assistant, Head of Educational Laboratory, Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Vice-Rector, 1969 - 2000, Rector 2000 - 2007
• Head of the Department of Optometry and Vision Science, 1995 - 2001, 2007 -
• Rector, 2000 -

• Head of the Laboratory of Optical Materials, 1995 -

• Zurich Higher Technical School, 1983
• University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1989

Honours and Awards

• Full Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2000
• Officer,  Legion of Honour (France), 2001
• “Comendador” of the order “do Merito”, Republic of Portugal, 2003
• “Commendatore” of the order “Al Merito”, Republic of Italy, 2004
• Order of Honour of the Netherlands, 2006.

• Advisor of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia, 1999
• Member, Senate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2001 -
• Member of the Senate, University of Latvia, 1994 -
• Member, Latvian National Committee of UNESCO, 2001 – 2007
• Member of Promotion Council, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 1994 -
• Member of Promotion Council, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spektroscopy, University of Latvia, 2001-
• President , The Conference of Baltic University Rectors (CBUR) , 2001 - 2003
• Member , Latvian Association of Professors, 1996 -
• Member, Latvian Physical Society, 1994 -
• Member, Latvian Optometrics and Optics Association, 1997 -
• Member of Council,  the European-Asian University Association, 2000 -2007
• Member of the Steering Committee of the Nippon Foundation at the University of Latvia, 2002 -
• Member of the Steering Committee, the University Association of Europen state capital cities (UNICA), 2002 -2006
• Board Member of the Luxembourg Foundation „Campus Europea“ , 2003 - 2007
• Member of the Steering Committee of the EIRATOM Latvia branch, 2003 -
• Founding and Consulting Member, the Virtual International Research Council of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2003- 2007
• Chairman of the Baltic – German Collaboration Council in Higher Education, 2006 - 2007
• Chairman of the Board of "Latvian University foundation", 2007-
   

• Semiconductor Microelectronics, 1980-1986
• Technology of Integrated Serquits, 1983-1989
• Solid State Chemistry, 1986 - 1996
• Experimental Physics, 1986-1993
• Introduction in Optometry, 1993 -
• Optics, 1994 -
• Physiological Optics, 1997 - 1998
• Eye Movements and Accommodation, 1997 -
• Visual perception, 2000 -
• Director of Bachelor, Master, and PhD  Study Programs in Optometry and Vision Research, 1992 -

• A. Veispals, I.Lacis. Close spaced epitaxial growth of CaO by chemical transport reactions. – Proceedings of Academy of Sciences of USSR, Inorganic Materials, 1976, vol. 12, N 7 , pp. 1318-1319 (in Russian).
• I.Lacis, J. Valbis. Vacuum-ultraviolet luminescence of Be-doped MgO epitaxial layers. – Phys. Stat. Sol. (B), 1979, vol. 95, N 1, pp. K21-K26.
• R. Bischof, I. Lacis, E. Kaldis. Yterbiumhydrid and the phase relations in the Yb-H system. – J. Less. Common Metals, 1983, vol. 94, pp. 537-542.
• I.Lacis, R. Bischof, E. Kaldis, P. Wachter. Crystal growth and optical absorption of EuLiH₃ .- Materials Research Bulletin, 1983, vol. 18, N 12, , pp. 1555-1559.
• Schmidt, M. Kunz, I. Lacis, A. Daunois, C. Klingshirn. Photothermal and Electrooptic Nonlinearities in ZnSe and ZnTe and their Application in Bistabile Devices. – J. Phys. B. – Condensed Matter, 1992, vol. 86, pp. 337-344.
• I.Lacis, G. Kokins. The Structure of the Multicomponent Lead Phosphate Glasses. – Latvian J. Phys. and Techn. Sci., 1993, N 6, pp. 45-52.
• G. Kokins, I. Lacis. Valence states of cerium ion in the lead phosphate glasses. - Fizika i Himija Stekla, 1994, vol. 20, N 4, , pp. 500-505 (in Russian)
• I.Lacis, M. Ozolinsh. PLZT Ceramics as Optical Phantom for Simulation of Light Scattering in Eye Segments and Other Biological Tissues. - In: Optical and Imaging Technicues for Biomonotoring IV, M.D. Fante et al., Editors, Proceedings of SPIE, 1999, vol. 3567, pp. 208-212.
• M.Ozolinsh, I.Lacis, R.Paeglis, A.Sternberg, S.Svanberg, S.Andersson-Engels, J.Swartling. Electro optic PLZT ceramics devices for vision science applications. – Ferroelectrics, 2002, vol.273, pp.131-139.
• Paeglis R., Gorshanova I., Bagucka K., Lacis I. Latvian and Russian textbooks: eye movements in reading text formated in two columns, Proc.SPIE, Vol. 7142, Bio-optics and Optical Sensing, 2008., pp.276-289.
• Paeglis R., Jokste I., Bagucka K., Lacis I. Eye movements during silent and oral reading with stabilised versus free head movement and different eye-trackers, Proc.SPIE, Vol. 7142, Bio-optics and Optical Sensing, 2008., pp. 337-341.  

• I.Lacis (Head of Project). Relaxation Mechanisms of the Oculomotoric System and Binocular Vision Anomalies. Latvian Council of Science (1996-2000).
• I.Lacis (Head of Project). Relaxation Mechanisms of the Oculo-Motory System and Anomalies of Binocular Vision. Latvian Council of Science (2001 -2003).
• I.Lacis (Head of Project). Stimulus and Eye Movement Impact on Visual Perception . Latvian Council of Science (2004 - 2008).

Avocations: Skiing.

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Last update 6.10.2009