[visionlist] postdoctoral position at Berkeley on wave-front analysis of accommodation

[Clifton Schor]

Postdoctoral position at UC Berkeley on wavefront analysis of ocular 
aberrations and ocular accommodation.

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position (minimum 2 
years) in the laboratory of Clifton Schor 
(<http://schorlab.berkeley.edu/>http://schorlab.berkeley.edu) in the 
Vision Science group at the University of California, School of 
Optometry, Berkeley California.

Our laboratory investigates neural plasticity of oculomotor 
control.  The current project, funded by NEI, examines adaptation of 
ocular accommodation in response to age-related biomechanical changes 
of the ocular lens in incipient presbyopia and the effects of 
adaptation on the interactions between accommodation and convergence 
that control binocular eye alignment.  Studies will be of 
pre-presbyopes and of patients with surgically implanted 
accommodating intra-ocular lenses (A-IOLs).

Applicant's activities include running experiments with a dynamic 
Hartman-Shack wave-front sensor and the SRI dual-Purkinje eye 
tracker, analyzing ocular aberrations, contrast sensitivity, modeling 
adaptability of dynamic accommodation and its interactions with 
convergence. Preference will be given to applicants with a background 
in optics and/or motor control, and some familiarity with MATLAB.

The Vision Science group at Berkeley is highly interactive and there 
are opportunities for collaboration with other labs working in related areas.
To apply, please send CV, statement of interest, and the names and 
contact information of two references to Clifton Schor (email 
schor at berkeley.edu). Consideration of applications will begin 
immediately, and will end when the position is filled.