Christopher Bowd received his Ph.D. from Washington State University, Experimental Psychology / Neuroscience. He then went on to become a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California, San Diego, Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center Glaucoma Center.

His research interests include development and evaluation of techniques for the early detection and monitoring of glaucoma, including optical imaging of the optic nerve and retinal nerve fiber layer and psychophysical testing and neural network analysis of optical imaging data in glaucoma.

Dr. Bowd is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.