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Roy Wesley, OD, PhD

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Roy Wesley is a research scientist and COO at Fermalogic, Inc., a biotech company isolating natural products from soil microbes. He received his AB from Washington University, St. Louis in German and Comparative Literature, MS from Wayne State University in Cell and Molecular Biology, and Ph.D. from CUNY in Cell and Molecular Biology. He also received his Doctor of Optometry degree from New England College of Optometry, Boston. Previously, Dr. Wesley was a senior research investigator at Pfizer (Maywood, NJ and Groton, CT), followed by clinic director at Wesley-Jessen, Inc. and President and Clinic Director National Eye Research Foundation.

Roy has written a biography of his father, Dr. Newton K. Wesley, titled, Invisible Vision: The hidden story of Dr. Newton K. Wesley, American contact lens pioneer. The book describes Dr. Wesley’s role in developing the contact lens industry in the United States and globally. Roy is also writing a memoir of his family’s incarceration during World War II.

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