Queensland University of Technology
Centre for Eye Research
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The Centre for Eye Research at the Queensland University of Technology has
a vigorous program of research investigating human vision, the visual
requirements of the community and how its visual problems can be resolved
or alleviated. Research activities encompass the applied, clinical and
theoretical aspects of the visual and ophthalmic sciences and is
concentrated into 5 main areas:
* Visual performance and driving, particularly in the elderly (Associate
Professor Joanne Wood)
* Visual optics and contact lenses (Associate Professor Michael Collins)
* Mechanisms of eye growth, including both animal and human studies of
refractive error development (Dr Katrina Schmid)
* Characteristics of accommodation and ocular aberrations (Associate
Professor David Atchison)
* Low vision assessment and mobility studies (Associate Professor Jan
Lovie-Kitchin)
The Centre is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct research
within these areas of interest. The appointee will be located at the
Kelvin Grove campus of QUT. The appointment will be fixed term for two years.
A Postdoctoral Fellowship normally will be awarded to a person who has less
than five years full-time professional experience since being awarded their
PhD.
Salary: A$43486 to A$46676 pa depending on qualifications and experience
Closing date: 17 April 2000
Applicants interested in the appointment should contact the Director of the
Centre for Eye Research, Professor LG Carney, on telephone : int+61+7+3864
5738; fax int + 61+7+3864 5665; or email l.carney@qut.edu.au.
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