Strang, Niall

Professor Niall Strang

Senior Lecturer, Vision Sciences
Dr Niall Strang is the Subject Lead in Vision Science area at Glasgow Caledonian Univeristy. Dr Strang first trained as an optometrist at Glasgow College of Technology and went on to complete a PhD under the supervision of Prof Barry Winn and Prof Bernard Gilmartin. The work studied retinotopic and spatiotopic factors in myopia. He then took up a postdoctoral position at Queensland University of Technology (collaborating with David Atchison and Katrina Schmid) followed by a lecturing position at the University of Bradford. Dr Strang returned to Glasgow Caledonian University in 2003. Dr. Strang has presented both research and educational lectures in many countries including Malaysia, Finland, India and Australia.

Research interests are mainly in the area of oculomotor research and include work in the area of accommodation, refractive error development and visual performance. Dr Strang is a member of the Visual Neuroscience Research Group at GCU and has recently extended his research to include psychophysical measurement in low vision and dementia patients.

Teaching interests are predominantly in the areas of Binocular Vision and Visual Development, Ocular Pharmacology, Clinical Optometry, Geometrical, Applied Optics, Colour Vision and Refractive Error Development. Other responsibilities include the role of module leader in Binocular Vision Anomalies. Dr Strang initially developed the postgraduate ocular therapeutics course at Glasgow Caledonian University. Dr Strang forms part of the multidisciplinary team that work in the Binocular Vision Clinic at Glasgow Caledonian University.