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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.