She is a professor of ophthalmology, neurology, physiology, and pharmacology at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where she directs the Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience.

In 2014, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, as professor of ophthalmology, neurology, physiology, and pharmacology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center,[1] where she directs the Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience.

[11] She also studies how neurological disease affects eye movements in order to gain a better comprehension of the disorders and aid their differential and early diagnosis.

In addition to being a regular contributor to Scientific American, Martinez-Conde has co-authored two books: Sleights of Mind has been called "a very cool read" by J. J.

[14] Martinez-Conde's research has also been featured in print in The New York Times,[15] The New Yorker,[16] The Wall Street Journal,[17][18] The Atlantic,[19] Wired, The LA Chronicle, The Times (London), The Chicago Tribune,[20] The Boston Globe,[21] Der Spiegel, etc., and in radio and TV shows, including Discovery Channel's Head Games[22] and Daily Planet shows, NOVA: scienceNow,[23] CBS Sunday Morning,[24] NPR's Science Friday,[25] and PRI's The World.