Vondolee Delgado-Nixon

Vondolee Delgado-Nixon, PhD, FAAO, spent most of her childhood in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated from Cornell College with a BA in Biology and earned her PhD in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at The Ohio State University as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. Following her graduate work, she completed postdoctoral training in the Biophysics Program at The Ohio State University as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, studying oxygen-sensing molecules, including the identification of a novel protein, DOS (Direct Oxygen Sensor), in E. coli.

Dr. Delgado-Nixon joined the faculty at The Ohio State University in 2001 and is a Professor of Practice. She enjoys teaching pathophysiology and working with students. Her teaching has been recognized by the university with the Provost's Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2015, her induction into The Ohio State University’s Academy of Teaching, and an Ohio State University Teaching Endorsement in 2019. Her efforts have also been nationally recognized, as she was named a leading educator by the American Academy of Optometry Foundation in 2023 and was awarded the Betty Harville Educator of the Year by the National Optometric Association in 2024. Dr. Delgado-Nixon is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO) and a popular continuing education speaker at both local and national meetings.