Biography

Dr. Plaumann is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Houston. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry after earning her BS degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She then completed a residency in Pediatric Optometry and Vision Therapy at the Southern California College of Optometry. Dr. Plaumann completed her PhD at the Ohio State University. Her dissertation work focused on adult amblyopia, analyzing fixation patterns and developing translational measures of interocular suppression with the goal of one day developing better treatments for the condition. Dr. Plaumann is the 2021 Danne Ventura/Essilor Ezell Fellow and the 2019 Baycross Christian Family Foundation Binocular Vision & Pediatrics Ezell Fellow, the 2019 Beta Sigma Kappa – College of Optometrists in Vision Development grant recipient, and a recipient of both the NIH’s Loan Repayment Program and the Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation fellowship.