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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhD Scholarship in Vision and Night-time Driving<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to complete a PhD in the area of Vision and Night Driving. This forms part of a larger Australian Research Council Discovery
project that aims to characterise the visual challenges of the modern night driving environment, explore novel visual tests relevant to night-time driving, and assess how these tests relate to night driving performance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A 3-year full-time PhD scholarship is available, with a stipend of AU $27,596 per annum (2019 rate; indexed annually; tax exempt). International students will receive
a Tuition Fee Sponsorship and Single Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). Supervision will be by a multidisciplinary team from vision, psychology and lighting, with primary supervision being within the Vision and Everyday Function laboratory at Queensland
University of Technology (QUT): </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://research.qut.edu.au/visionfunction/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://research.qut.edu.au/visionfunction/</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">within the School of Optometry & Vision Science, which recently received a ranking of 4 ‘above world standard’ in the Excellence in Research for Australia evaluations.
Queensland University of Technology (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.qut.edu.au"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.qut.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">) is
situated in Brisbane, South East Queensland and is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a real-world focus. It is one of the nation’s fastest growing research universities with courses in high demand.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our laboratory uses a range of research approaches including visual psychophysics, photometry and on-road luminance mapping, eye-tracking, and on road driving performance.
We seek an applicant with a strong undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. visual science, lighting engineering or psychology) who meets the requirements for undertaking a PhD at QUT:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.qut.edu.au/research/study-with-us/phd">https://www.qut.edu.au/research/study-with-us/phd</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Interested applicants should send a CV and a cover letter, including a statement of research interests and career goals to Professor Joanne Wood
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:j.wood@qut.edu.au"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">j.wood@qut.edu.au</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Professor Joanne Wood<br>
School of Optometry and Vision Science and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation<br>
Queensland University of Technology<br>
Victoria Park Rd, Kelvin Grove Q 4059<br>
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Tel +61 7 3138 5701<br>
Fax +61 7 3138 5880<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:j.wood@qut.edu.au"><span style="color:blue">j.wood@qut.edu.au</span></a><br>
Website: </span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="https://research.qut.edu.au/visionfunction/people/joanne-wood/"><span style="color:blue">https://research.qut.edu.au/visionfunction/people/joanne-wood/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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