Austin Roorda leaning forarms on lab table facing camera

Austin Roorda

Full Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science
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Link to profile: Austin Roorda
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Other Affiliations or Cross-Appointed Departments

Physics and Astronomy

Lab

Roorda Lab

WEI VSC Pillars

Fundamental Sciences

  • Posterior segment (e.g. retina, vasculature, choroid etc.)
  • Neuroscience/Neurophysiology
  • Optical system development (e.g. imaging, displays, diagnostics)
  • Eye movements and active vision
  • Binocular vision
  • Plasticity
  • Colour vision
  • Spatial vision

Applied Studies

  • Myopia
  • Ophthalmic optics (e.g. contact lens, intraocular lens, spectacles, ocular aberration correction)
  • Augmented and virtual reality
  • Presbyopia
  • Objective clinical vision test development (e.g. VEP, ERG, MRI)
  • Human clinical trials (e.g. myopia control, vision rehabilitation, behavioural interventions, amblyopia correction)