[visionlist] Fully-funded 3.5 Year PhD Position in Southampton (UK)

[Guido Maiello]

Dear Colleagues,



(Apologies for cross posting).



I am thrilled to announce that we are recruiting for a PhD position titled



Next Generation Ophthalmic Testing: “Continuous Psychophysics” for Rapid and User-Friendly Assessment of Visual, Movement, and Cognitive Disorders

About the project: This PhD project will develop and evaluate innovative clinical tests using “Continuous Psychophysics,” a method based on tracking a moving target (Bonnen et al, 2015). The core concept involves assessing vision, motor skills, and cognition simultaneously through performance on a straightforward, game-like task. The successful candidate will develop computational models (Straub, & Rothkopf, 2022) and tasks that effectively extract meaningful clinical information from this simple paradigm.



Supervisory team: Dr Guido Maiello (lead supervisor); Dr Erich Graf; Professor Andrew Lotery; Dr James Self



Entry requirements: The successful applicant will need at least a 2:1 honours degree (or international equivalent<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/uni-life/international/your-country.page>) in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, Computer Science, or related fields. Having already completed a Master’s degree is considered desirable but not necessary. Experience in programming (e.g., MATLAB, Python) or previous research experience in basic/clinical vision science or psychophysics is advantageous.



Fees and funding: ​​This PhD studentship is fully funded for UK candidates by Wessex Medical Research. The studentship will cover tuition fees, stipend (currently £20,780 per annum), and support for project/research consumables and conference attendance. International applicants are welcome to apply but will need to qualify for Horizon Europe fee waiver<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/scholarships/postgraduate-uk/horizon-europe-fee-waiver>.​



Application deadline: 30 June 2025



Location: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK



Duration: 3.5 years



How to apply: To see further project details and application procedures visit https://www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-research/projects/next-generation-ophthalmic-testing-continuous-psychophysics



For an initial, informal conversation, please email Dr Guido Maiello g.maiello at soton.ac.uk<mailto:g.maiello at soton.ac.uk>.



Please feel free to share with any promising candidates!



All the best,



Guido





References



Bonnen, K., Burge, J., Yates, J., Pillow, J., & Cormack, L. K. (2015). Continuous psychophysics: Target-tracking to measure visual sensitivity. Journal of vision, 15(3), 14-14.



Straub, D., & Rothkopf, C. A. (2022). Putting perception into action with inverse optimal control for continuous psychophysics. Elife, 11, e76635.





Dr. Guido Maiello

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Lecturer

School of Psychology | University of Southampton



B44 University Rd

University of Southampton

Southampton SO17 1PS



campus: Building 44, Room 4106

email:  G.Maiello at soton.ac.uk<mailto:G.Maiello at soton.ac.uk>

website: guidomaiello.com<https://www.guidomaiello.com/>





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