Professor Ron Douglas

Professor of Visual Science: Deputy Head of Department

Ron Douglas 

(020) 7040 8334
r.h.douglas@city.ac.uk

 

 

Academic and professional qualifications / memberships

1980PhD Biology, Stirling University
1977BSc Biology, Sussex University

Brief outline of career history

1984-Staff of City University
1982-1983Post-doctoral fellow, University of Sussex
1980-1982Royal Society post-doctoral fellow, University of Ulm (Germany)

Administrative responsibilities

  • Module co-ordinator for; Human and Ocular Biology (O1), retina and retinal disease (O2), Neuro-ophthalmology (O3)
  • Also teach on visual perception (O2), visual neuroscience (O2), animal vision (O3 option)
  • Student / Staff Liaison Committee
  • Departmental research & Ethical Committee (Chair)
  • Deputy HoD
  • Departmental Teaching & Learning Committee
  • Departmental Management Team

Professional activities outside the University

  • Member Editorial Board ‘Visual Neuroscience’

Research interests

  • Visual system of lower vertebrates
  • Depth perception
  • Colour vision
  • Circadian biology
  • Deep-sea biology
  • Visual pigments
  • Retinal anatomy
  • Lens pigmentation
  • Pupilometry

Selected publications

  • Lucas RJ, Douglas RH and Foster RG (2001). Characterisation of a novel ocular photopigment capable of driving pupillary constriction in mice. Nature Neuroscience. 4(6), 621-626.
  • Hattar S, Lucas RJ, Mrosovsky N, Thompson S, Douglas RH, Hankins MW, Lem J, Biel M, Hofmann F, Foster RG and Yau KW (2003). Melanopsin and rod/cone photoreceptive systems account for all major accessory visual functions in mice. Nature 424, 76-81.
  • Douglas RH, Williamson R and Wagner HJ (2005). The pupillary response of cephalopods. Journal of Experimental Biology. 208, 261-265.