Dr. Salmon received OD and PhD degrees from Indiana University and completed a residency at the college of optometry at Northeastern State University (NSU).

He currently teaches second, third and fourth year optometry students monocular and binocular visual perception, visual optics, research methodology and clinical optometry.  He also supervises student research projects.

Dr. Salmon's research interests include dry eye, aberrometry, optics of the eye and visual perception. He is the author of multiple book chapters and scientific articles, and speaks at professional meetings in the United States and Japan.

Dr. Salmon has sponsored several student organizations, including JNSU (Japanese student's association), Celsior (Japanese hip-hop dance team), and the Fellowship of Christian Optometrists. He is actively involved in church and Bible studies.  Other interests include Japanese studies, Korean studies, traveling, weight lifting, conditioning and soccer.