[vslist] PhD Studentship, City University, London

[Luis Diaz-Santana]

PhD Studentship

A postgraduate full time PhD studentship is available in the Applied 
Vision Research Centre within the Department of Optometry and Visual 
Science at City University in London.
State of the art technologies for retinal imaging, such as Scanning 
Laser Ophthalmoscopy and Adaptive Optics are ultimately limited by 
ocular scattering. One of the aims of this project is to understand the 
limitations that retinal scattering imposes in such imaging techniques 
to propose possible alternatives or solutions to the problem.
More importantly, the project will address fundamental understanding of 
the interaction of light with retinal tissue for, developing in the 
future new assessment and diagnostic tools based on scattering, as 
opposed to the traditional techniques based on imaging. The project 
will study the interaction of light with retinal tissue by means of 
speckle interferometry.

The project is funded by EPSRC and is a collaborative project with the 
Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL.

The successful candidate will have funding for 3 years and register as 
a research student at City University in a course leading towards a 
PhD.  The funding will cover a bursary for living in London plus course 
fees at UK rates.

Applicants will possess a first-class Honours (or equivalent) degree in 
Physics, Optics or Engineering and/or an MSc in a similar subject.

The AVRC at City University is part of the Institute of Health 
Sciences, which brings together a number of very strong research groups 
and provides an excellent base for vision related interdisciplinary 
research studies. Research areas in the Centre cover topics concerned 
with fundamental visual processes, ophthalmic and physiological optics, 
vision care and clinical practice, visual neuroscience and the 
development of specialised instrumentation for non-invasive objective 
responses with emphasis on clinical applications.

For further information please contact Dr. Luis Diaz-Santana on 0207 
040 8335 or e-mail , or contact Elizabeth Caine  for an application 
form.
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