Professional Positions

1. 1985-present Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY.
2. 1974-85 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY. 
3. 1973-74 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY. 
4. 1973-88 Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY. 
5. 1983-present Founding Member, Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY. 
6. 1972-73 Research Associate, Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory 
7. 1971 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chemistry Department Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 
8. 1966 - 1970 Teaching Assistant, Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University 
9. 1966 Summer, Research Chemist, Burndy Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut 
10. 1965 - 1966 N.S.F. Undergraduate Research Program, C.C.N.Y. 
11. 1982 Visiting Fellow(Sabbatical)ÊInstitute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
    
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Honors and Awards

• Sigma Xi Address, C.C.N.Y., May, 1966
• Graduate Fellowship
  Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University 1966 - 1970
• Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching 
  Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University 1969 - 1970
• Best Academic Professor
  The Student Council - SUNY College of Optometry March, 1999
  
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Publications

1. J. Rennert, E. M. Ruggiero and J. Rapp. The Non-Radiative Dissipation of Excitation Energy in Solid. Cinnamic Acid by Dimer Formation. Photochem. Photobiol. 6, 29 (1967).
2. E. W. Abrahamson, J. Wiesenfeld and J. Rapp. Rapid Lipid to Protein Chromophore Transfer in the Photolysis of the Visual Pigment Membrane. Biophys. J. 9, A89 (1969).
3. J. Rapp, J. R. Wiesenfeld and E. W. Abrahamson. The Kinetics of Intermediate Processes in the Photolysis of Bovine Rhodopsin.  I. Re-examination of the Decay of Bovine Lumirhodopsin 497. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 201, 119 (1970).
4. J. Rapp and G. Hind. The Role of Cytochromes in Photosynthesis. Federation Proc. 32, 632 Abs (1973).
5. J. Rapp and G. Hind. A Scanning Dual Wavelength Spectrophotometer: Application to the Study of Photosynthetic Electron Transport. Anal. Biochem. 60, 479 (1974).
6. J. Rapp. The Kinetics of Intermediate Processes in the Photolysis of Bovine Rhodopsin.  II. The Intermediate Decay Sequence from Lumirhodopsin 497 to Metarhodopsin 380 II. Vision Res. 19, 137 (1979).
7. J. Rapp. Nutrition in the Vision of Children. J. Am. Optom. Assoc. 50, 1107 (1979).
8. J. R. Broich, L. Weiss and J. Rapp. Isolation and Identification of Biologically Active Contaminants from Soft Contact Lenses.  I. Nicotine Deposits on Worn Lenses. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 19, 1328 (1980).
9. J. Rapp and J. R. Broich. Lipid Deposits on Worn Soft Contact Lenses. CLAO J, 10, 235 (1984).
10. L. Minarik and J. Rapp. Protein Deposits on Individual Hydrophilic Contact Lenses: Effects of Water and Ionicity. CLAO J, 15, 185 (1989).
11. J. Jung and J. Rapp. The Efficacy of Hydrophilic Contact Lens Cleaning Systems in Removing Protein Deposits. CLAO J, 19, 47 (1993). 
12. A. R. Bontempo and J. Rapp. Lipid Deposits on Hydrophilic and Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lenses. CLAO J, 20, 242 (1994).
13. A. R. Bontempo and J. Rapp. Protein-Lipid Interaction on the Surface of a Hydrophilic Contact Lens In Vitro. Curr. Eye Res., 16, 776 (1997).
14. A. R. Bontempo and J. Rapp. Protein-Lipid Interaction on the Surface of a Rigid Gas Permeable Contact Lens In Vitro. Curr. Eye Res., 16, 1258 (1997).
15. A. R. Bontempo and J. Rapp. Protein and Lipid Deposition onto Hydrophilic Contact Lenses In Vivo CLAO J, 27, 75 (2001)
    
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INVITED TALKS/Symposia

1. Invited speaker, American Academy of Optometry, Section on Optometric Education, Birmingham, Alabama; December, 1977; Topic: Implications for Development of a Primary Care Optometric Curriculum.
2. Invited speaker, Optometric Council of the National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.; September, 1978; Topic: Nutrition- Current Concepts.
3. Symposium Chairperson, American Academy of Optometry, Section on Optometric Education, Boston, Mass.; December, 1978; Topic: The Role of the Biological Sciences in the Optometric Curriculum.
4. Invited speaker, 57th Annual Southern Educational Congress of Optometry, Atlanta, Georgia; February, 1980; Topic: The Effects of Nutrition on Ocular and Systemic Health.
5. Invited speaker, Western Regional Congress of the California Optometric Association, San Diego, California; February, 1981; Topic: The Effects of Nutrition on Ocular and Systemic Health.
6. Invited speaker, Joint AOA/ASCO Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona; March, 1981; Topic: Educational Aspects of Therapeutic Drugs.
7. Invited speaker, North Central States Optometric Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota; January, 1982; Topic: Current Concepts in Nutrition.
8. Invited speaker, The Sixth Annual Winter Continuing Education Seminar of the Optometric Center of New York Foundation, Smugglers' Notch, Vermont; February, 1983; Topic: Current Concepts in Nutrition.
9. Invited speaker, Vision Care Congress, The New England Council of Optometrists, Boston, Massachusetts; March, 1984; Topics: Current Concepts in Nutrition and Nutrition and the Killer Diseases. 
10. Invited speaker, OptiFair, New York, N.Y.; March, 1984; Topics: Current Concepts in Nutrition and Nutrition and the Killer Diseases.
11. Invited speaker, North Central States Optometric Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota; January, 1986; Topic: Current Concepts in Nutrition and Nutrition and the Killer Diseases.
12. Invited speaker, OptiFair, New York, N.Y.; March, 1988; Topics: Current Concepts in Nutrition and Nutrition and the Killer Diseases.
13. Symposium chairman, SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines, New York, N.Y.; April, 1990; Topic: Nutrition and the Elderly.
14. Invited speaker, EyeQuest Conference, Rosemont, Illinois; May, 1997; Topics: Dietary Nutrients in Health and Disease and Nutrition and Systemic Disease.
15. Invited Speaker, Ohio Optometric Association, Columbus, Ohio; May, 1997; Topic: The Role of Nutrition in Systemic and Ocular Disease.
16. Invited speaker, Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung fur Augenoptik und Optometrie, Cologne, Germany; October, 1997; Topic: Nutrition and the Eye.
17. Invited speaker, EastWest Eye Conference, Cleveland, Ohio; October, 1999; Topic: Nutrition and Systemic Disease.
18. Invited speaker, Virginia Academy of Optometry, Charlottesville, VA; March 2001; Topic:  Nutrition and the Eye.
19. Invited Speaker, International Meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, Munich, Germany; April, 2002; Topic: Nutrition and the Eye.
20. Invited Speaker, SECO International, Atlanta, Georgia; February, 2003; Topic: Nutrition and the Eye.
21. Invited Speaker, Arizona Optometric Association, Tucson, Arizona; April, 2003; Topic: Nutrition and the Eye and Nutrition and Systemic Disease.
22. Invited Speaker, Vision Expo, New York, N.Y.; March, 2006; Topic: Nutrition and the Eye.
    
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GRANT  

1. Sponsor:      National Society for the Prevention of Blindness
   Title:           Visual Pigment Membrane Dynamics
   Period:         2/1/74 - 1/31/76
2. Sponsor:      Optometric Center of New York Foundation
   Title:           Chemical Depositions on Contact Lenses
   Period:         10/77 - 10/78
3. Sponsor:      Optometric Center of New York Foundation
   Title:           Clinical Program in Nutritional Evaluation and Counseling
   Period:         7/79 - 7/81
4. Sponsor:      Agvar Chemicals, Inc.
   Title:           Isolation and Identification of Biologically Active Contaminants from Soft Contact Lenses
   Period:         6/84 - 9/84
5. Sponsor:      Optometric Center of New York Foundation
   Title:           Analysis of Soft Contact Lens Contaminants
   Period:         7/84 - 4/85
6. Sponsor:      Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research
   Title:           Analysis of Contact Lens Contaminants
   Period:         7/86 - 4/87
7. Sponsor:      Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research
   Title:           Effects of Nutrition on the Development of Myopia
   Period:         7/86 - 4/87
8. Sponsor:      SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines
   Title:           Nutrition and the Elderly
   Period:         April, 1990
9. Sponsor:      Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research
   Title:           Analysis of Soft Contact Lens Contamination
   Period:         8/90 - 3/91
10. Sponsor:      Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research
    Title:           Lipid Deposition on Individual Hydrophilic Contact Lenses
    Period:         7/91 - 6/93
11. Sponsor:      Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Research
    Title:           Protein-Lipid Interaction in Contact Lens Deposition
    Period:         7/95 - 6/96
12. Sponsor:      Vistakon
    Title:           Biochemical Analysis of Worn Contact Lens Materials
    Period:         1/04 - 12/04

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