Dr Jonathan Erichsen
Education & Professional Qualifications
| 1968 - 1972 | AB (First Class Honours in Biology) Harvard University |
| 1979 | DPhil (Zoology) University of Oxford |
| 1979 - 1983 | National Eye Institute (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Academic Positions
| 1983 - 1996 | Research Assistant Professor | Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook, New York (USA) |
| 1995 - present | Senior Lecturer | School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University |
| 2006 - present | Head | Visual Neuroscience & Molecular Biology Research Group |
Awards & Honors
| 1972 | Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1972 | NSF Postgraduate Studentship |
| 1972-1975 | Marshall Scholar |
| 1972-1979 | Danforth Foundation Fellow |
Teaching
| OP1105/1106 | Instructor | Human head & neck anatomy |
| OP2014 | Lecturer | Binocular Vision and Optometric Neurophysiology |
| OP3106 | Lecturer | Visual perception |
| OP3107 | Supervisor | Research Project |
Administration
School
Head, Visual Neuroscience and Molecular Biology Research Group
Director, Research Unit for Nystagmus (RUN)
Member of:
Research Committee
Postgraduate Research Committee
Innovation and Engagement Committee
BSc & MSc Board of Studies
Recent University Committees (2000-2012)
Chair, University JBIOS Users' Group
Member of:
Biological Standards Committee
CUBRIC Steering Group
EMRIC Management Group
Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute Management Group
BCNC
Public Engagement
Leverhulme Trust Newsletter – “Magnetoreception in the homing pigeon” (see April 2011 issue, page 10)
An article about our recently funded research on the remarkable ability of homing pigeons to sense the earth’s magnetic field and orient accurately to find their way home.
Science in Health – 17 March 2011; 8 March 2012
Cardiff School of Medicine / University Hospital of Wales
Demonstration to introduce high school students to the function of eye movements and how they are recorded in the course of basic research and clinical diagnosis
Radio Wales Science Café – 4 April 2011
School of Optometry & Vision Sciences at Cardiff University
This week Adam Walton, from BBC Radio Wales, visits the School to take a closer look at one of the most complex organs in the human body: the eye.
Open Day for the Research Unit for Nystagmus (RUN) - 17 April 2010
Research Unit for Nystagmus (RUN) first Open Day to pay tribute to and thank those who have volunteered, and to introduce those who were not volunteers to what we do in an informal environment.
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