[visionlist] Postdoc and PhD studentship at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology

[Steven Dakin]

A two-year Wellcome Trust funded postdoctoral position is available in
Steven Dakin's lab at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO) in
London to commence at end of 2007/beginning 2008. The project is
concerned with psychophysical investigation and computational
modelling of visual crowding. Because this work is co-supervised with
Peter Bex at the Schepens Eye Institute at the Harvard Medical School,
there will be opportunities for the successful applicant to spend some
time working in Boston.

Salary will be commensurate with the successful applicant's experience
but falls in the range £25-£30K (SP 7-8). An enquiring attitude
towards human vision, and an ability to work independently are
essential. Experience with psychophysics, an ability (or willingness
to learn) to program in MatLab and to do computational modelling
(e.g. Fourier techniques) are desirable.

We also have a three-year BBSRC-funded PhD studentship coming up at
the IoO. Applicants with an interest in all areas of visual science
(particularly concerned with psychophysics of low vision) are
encouraged to apply. The ad for this position can be found at:
http://www.newscientistjobs.com/viewjob.action?job.id=eur8795&index=2

If you're interested in either of these positions please send a CV to
me at s.dakin at ucl.ac.uk . If you'd like to meet up to chat about them,
I will be attending VSS. My mobile number there is +1-617-335 8807. To
get more of an idea about the crowding project, ongoing work from it
will be presented  by Dr John Cass (talk 445 in Spatial Vision I, 2.45
Sunday 13/05).

If you're going to ARVO both Peter Bex (p.bex at schepens.harvard.edu)
and Gary Rubin (g.rubin at ucl.ac.uk , mobile:+1 443-846-6930) will be
attending, and are available to discuss both positions.

The IoO is a unique vision research environment bringing together
researchers working on human psychophysics, computational modelling,
electrophysiology, imaging, cell biology and molecular genetics.
Together with Moorfields Eye Hospital, the IoO comprises the nation's
major eye research centre and has achieved the highest possible rating
(double 5*) in the last Research Assessment Exercise carried out by
the Higher Education Funding Council of England. You can see the range
of work going on the IoO at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioo and at
http://www.dakinlab.org

Pursuing Excellence in Education and Research
Working Towards Equal Opportunity
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Dr. Steven Dakin
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Bath Street
London EC1V 9EL

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