Department of Optometry and Vision Science
Postgraduate research topics
The following is a list of research topics offered at the doctorate (PhD), masters and honours level.
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PhD
Honours
Research Topics | Affiliation - Faculty and Dept | Supervisor/s details | Comparison of animal models of age related nuclear cataract | Optometry and Vision Science | Professor Paul Donaldson
p.donaldson@auckland.ac.nz | Mapping antioxidant transporter expression in the front of the eye | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr Julie Lim
j.lim@auckland.ac.nz | Electron microscopy of protein trafficking in the lens | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr Angus Grey ac.grey@auckland.ac.nz | Modelling of lens function | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr Ehsan Vaghefi
e.vaghefi@auckland.ac.nz | Exploring neural plasticity in the human visual cortex | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr. Ben Thompson
b.thompson@auckland.ac.nz | Development of aids for colour deficient optometrists | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr. Misha Vorobyev
m.vorobyev@auckland.ac.nz | Botox: as a tool for eye therapy? | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr Monica Acosta:m.acosta@auckland.ac.nz |
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Masters
Research Topics | Affiliation - Faculty and Dept | Supervisor/s details | Developing functiuonal assays to study membrane protein function in the core of the lens | Optometry and Vision Science | Professor Paul Donaldson
p.donaldson@auckland.ac.nz | Chromatic and achromatic vision in reef fish | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr. Misha Vorobyev
m.vorobyev@auckland.ac.nz | Colour preference in the honeybee | Optometry and Vision Science | Dr. Misha Vorobyev
m.vorobyev@auckland.ac.nz | Clinical tests for colour vision defects | FoS (Optometry and Vision Science) | Assoc Prof Rob Jacobs
r.jacobs@auckland.ac.nz | Defocus and visual function | FoS (Optometry and Vision Science) | Assoc Prof Rob Jacobs