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David Crewther
Summary
David started his career as a theoretical physicist, completing his PhD at CalTech under the supervision of Nobel prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann. His interest in neurophysiology started there under the influence of Prof Jack Pettigrew. David's academic career has been diverse – Physics at the University of Melbourne; the National Vision Research Institute in Melbourne; the School of Optometry, UNSW, Sydney; the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University in Melbourne; the Brain Sciences Institute and Swinburne in 2000. His academic interests include neuroscience of normal and abnormal visual development, psychophysics of visual attention, non-linear electrophysiology and functional neuroimaging of cognitive function, as well as neural mechanisms of refractive control. He has an extended record of funding from both the ARC and NHMRC. David was responsible for the "CogNOSS" plan leading to the acquisition of MEG and MRI technologies at Swinburne. David currently holds an Adjunct Professorship in Psychological Science at La Trobe University. He has also been a Visiting Research Professor at the 3rd Military Medical University of Chongqing, China, and an Adjunction Professor at ZIINT, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He served as President of the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society in 2015 and is currently National Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Conference on Vision.
Cognitive Disorders Developmental Biology Neuroscience Psychiatry & Psychology