Lawrence W. Stark (February 21, 1926 – October 22, 2004) was an American neurologist and a recognized authority in the use of engineering analysis to characterize neurological systems.
[1] Stark graduated from Columbia University in 1945 with majors in English, biology, and zoology.
He pioneered the application of Control Theory to neurological systems with his study in the 1950s and 1960s of the pupillary light reflex.
He later studied the saccade (fast discrete changes of gaze) and the accommodation of the eye's focus.
He trained many Ph.D. students, primarily in the fields of bioengineering and physiological optics (better known as visual neuroscience).