Asst. Prof. Raymond P. Najjar is a visual neuroscientist. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Lyon (France), and completed a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University (USA). Currently, he serves as the Deputy Research Director and Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology at the National University of Singapore. Dr Najjar is also the Head of the Visual Neurosciences Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. His research focuses on understanding how light affects human physiology and behaviour. With his team, he is currently developing novel, implementable, and safe strategies utilizing light to prevent myopia in children, in addition to developing affordable devices for the detection of ocular diseases.