Dr Nathan Efron, Senior Lecturer
 Catalogue Number: 1289 Dr Nathan Efron, Senior Lecturer Category: Photographs Sub-Category: Photograph People and events Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1980 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Melbourne Description Of Item: Two photos of Nathan Efron as a young man. (A) Black and white photograph 80 x 129 mm (image). (B) Colour photograph 79 x 54 mm (image of Nathan Efron using a air tonometer) Historical Significance: Nathan Efron obtained his BOptom at the University of Melbourne in 1976 and studied for a PhD degree also at the University of Melbourne under Dr (later Professor) Leo Carney obtaining it in 1982. After post docs at the University of California with Dr Ken Polse and at the University of NSW with Professor Brien Holden he returned to the University of Melbourne as lecturer in 1984. In 1990 he was appointed professor of clinical optometry at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. He subsequently was appointed a research professor at Queensland University of Technology in 2004 . Professor Efron is a leading figure in contact lens and cornea research and has published many research articles and books. See his profile Clin Exp Optom 2005; 88: 6: 430-433. How Acquired: Record of VCO Condition: Good Location: Archive office. South wall. Cube 5 Album 3 |