Rate My Professor John Siderov

Professor John Siderov is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, at the University of Huddersfield, where he served as Head of Department following the establishment of the department in 2019. He earned a BScOptom and MScOptom from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a PhD in physiological optics from the University of Houston College of Optometry, USA. Additional qualifications include PGCert from Aston University, Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO), Member of the College of Optometrists (MCOptom), and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Prior to Huddersfield, he was Head of the Department of Vision and Hearing Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University from 2001, having moved to the UK in 1997 for a lectureship in optometry. Earlier career stages encompassed a postdoctoral fellowship in neurophysiology at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada; a research fellowship at the University of Houston; and establishing the Clinic Research Unit at the Victorian College of Optometry, Australia. He remains a registered optometrist with the General Optical Council, UK, and the Optometry Board of Australia, maintaining clinical practice.

Professor Siderov's academic interests center on visual function, including visual acuity and crowding effects, stereopsis, contour interaction, binocular vision, paediatric optometry, and ocular disease in primary eye care. Notable publications include 'Stereopsis, stereotests, and their relation to vision screening and clinical practice' (Fricke TR, Siderov J, Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 1997; cited 112 times); 'Binocular Accommodative Facility in Prepresbyopic Adults and Its Relation to Symptoms' (Siderov J, Diguglielmo L, Optometry and Vision Science, 1991; cited 41 times); 'Repeatability of measurements of interpupillary distance' (Holland BJ, Siderov J, Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 1999; cited 46 times); 'Differences in stereoacuity between crossed and uncrossed disparities reduce with practice' (Clayton R, Siderov J, Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, 2022); and 'Crowding can impact both low and high contrast visual acuity measurements' (Pluháček F et al., Scientific Reports, 2022). He has delivered public lectures such as 'The science behind the vision chart' and contributed to initiatives like the University Valli Opticians clinic and General Optical Council approval for the university's optometry degree.