Eugene Goldberg Lecture Series

Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024

featuring Adam Reboul, Ph.D.

Director, Surgical Research and External Scientific Innovation

Bausch & Lomb Surgical

IN-PERSON EVENT • FREE and OPEN TO ALL
3 p.m. EST • NVIDIA Auditorium, Malachowsky Hall

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There Has to Be a Way

Many of my successes in my 20+ year R&D career in ophthalmics were achieved by never giving up. Under the guidance of Dr. Eugene Goldberg, he shaped the way I performed R&D by teaching me to always keep going. There has to be a way!

I hope to share some of the technologies I’ve had a part in developing. Sharing the methodologies and mindsets I’ve used to drive success…. many learned from the teachings of Dr. Goldberg.

Bio

Dr. Adam Reboul was a Ph.D. graduate student under Dr. Eugene Goldberg from 2002-2005.

Dr. Reboul also holds an M.S. in organic chemistry from the University of Florida and a B.S. in polymer science from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Reboul has spent his entire 20-year career in Ophthalmics. His career began at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, where he spent five years developing new contact lens formulations and process development. He then spent the next eight + years at Benz Research and Development in Sarasota developing intraocular lenses (IOLs). From there, the next four years were spent at Alcon in Johns Creek, GA, where he tackled the development of dry eye treatments on the ocular health team.

His current position is Director of Surgical Research and External Scientific Innovation at Bausch + Lomb. In this role, he is responsible for surgical product development and technical input on external scientific innovations.

Outside of his professional life, he is a husband and father to three daughters and loves to ride motorcycles.

The Eugene Goldberg Lecture Series was founded in 2019 to honor the enduring legacy of Dr. Eugene Goldberg and the lasting impact he had on his students at the University of Florida. The fund provides support to bring top industry leaders, visiting professors and scholars to deliver a lecture/lectures, engage with our students and faculty and participate in other activities during their visit.

Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Goldberg was hired as a research chemist at General Electric Chemical Division in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he discovered and, as co-inventor, developed a new class of high-impact, thermally stable aromatic polycarbonates, namely Lexan. In 1966, he was hired by Xerox Research as the Director for the Chemistry Research Laboratory, where he pushed the boundaries of electro-chemistry, biochemistry and the biomedical sciences.

In 1975, Dr. Goldberg left Xerox to become a Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Adjunct Professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Chemistry. He later gained additional faculty appointments in the Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 1985 and Biomedical Engineering in 2001. He graduated 29 Ph.D. and 24 MS students and was a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (FAIMBE) and Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). Dr. Goldberg was the Genzyme Professor and Director of the Biomaterials Center in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. He passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019.

Department of Materials Science & Engineering