Dr Simon Grant

Senior Lecturer

Simon Grant 

(020) 7040 0187
s.grant@city.ac.uk

 

 

Academic and professional qualifications / memberships

1982PhD Binocular Visual Development, London University
1977BSc Human Biology, Surrey University

Brief outline of career history

2000-Lecturer & Senior Lecturer, City University
1998-2000Lecturer, Imperial College School of Medicine
1991-1998Lecturer, Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School
1987-1990Research Scientist, National Institute for Medical Research

Administrative responsibilities

  • Module co-ordinator: Visual Neuroscience & Binocular Vision
  • Lecturer: Human Biology, Neural & Visual Biology, Visual Perception
  • Joint module co-ordinator: MSc Binocular Vision

Professional activities outside the University

  • Member British Neuroscience Association
  • Member Federal European Neuroscience Society
  • Member Society for Neuroscience USA
  • Visiting Lecturer, Basic Sciences for Ophthalmologists, Institute of Ophthalmology

Research interests

  • Binocular Vision & the Control of Reaching & Grasping Movements
  • Eye-Hand Coordination Deficits in Amblyopia & Stereo Vision Loss
  • Neural Mechanisms underlying Perception versus Action
  • Albinism: Visual Development & Consequences

Selected publications

  • Grant S, Melmoth DR, Morgan MJ and Finlay AL (2007). Prehension deficits in amblyopia. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 48, 1139-1148.
  • Melmoth DR, Storoni M, Todd G, Finlay AL and Grant S (2007). Dissociation between vergence and binocular disparity cues in the control of prehension. Experimental Brain Research 183, 283-298.
  • Melmoth DR, Grant S (2006). Advantages of binocular vision for the control of reaching and grasping. Experimental Brain Research 171, 371-388.