Curriculum Vitae

Employment

2015-present Professor of Vision Science,
Newcastle University, UK.
2013-2015 Reader in Vision Science, Newcastle University, UK.
2005-2013 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Newcastle University, UK.
2001-2005 Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research,
National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, MD
1997-2001 Wellcome Trust Mathematical Biology Training Fellow, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University
2000-2001 College lecturer in physics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1999-2000 College lecturer in physics at Christ Church, Oxford
1994-1997 UK Particle Physics and Astrophysics Research Council Studentship
1991-1994 UK Atomic Energy Authority Studentship

Qualifications

2006-2009 Graduate Diploma in Psychology (with distinction), Newcastle University.
1998-1999 M.Sc. in Neuroscience (with distinction), University of Oxford, Merton College.
1994-1997 D. Phil. in Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, Merton College.
Thesis entitled “The stability of model disk galaxies”
1991-1994 B. A. First Class Honours in Physics, University of Oxford, University College.
1996-2001 Various courses in biology, maths, German, The Open University.
A-levels: Latin (Grade A, 1990); Ancient Greek (grade A, 1990); Physics (grade A, 1991); Mathematics (grade A, 1991); Further Mathematics (grade A, 1991); Russian (grade A, 2008)