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Neurobiology, Energy efficiency, Neural design, Insect, Vision, Visual ecology, Motion detection, Coding efficiency, Natural image statistics, Information theory, retina, photoreceptor, phototransduction, synapse
United Kingdom

Activities

Employment (4)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2015-10-01 to present | Emeritus Professor (Department of Zoology)
Employment
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Simon Laughlin

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2004-10-01 to 2015-09-30 | Professor of Neurobiology (Zoology)
Employment
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Simon Laughlin

Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

1977 to 1984 | Fellow (Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences)
Employment
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Simon Laughlin

Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

1974 to 1977 | Post-doctoral Fellow (Neurobiology, Research School of Biological Sciences)
Employment
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Simon Laughlin

Education and qualifications (2)

Australian National University: Canberra, ACT, AU

1970-08-18 to 1974-04-01 | PhD (Neurobiology)
Education
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Simon Laughlin

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

1967-10-05 to 1970-06-30 | BA (Zoology)
Education
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Simon Laughlin

Professional activities (3)

Churchill College: Cambridge, GB

1992 to present | Fellow
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Simon Laughlin

University of California Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, CA, US

2019-02-10 to 2019-03-22 | Sage Center Distinguished Fellow (Sage Center for the Study of the Mind)
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Simon Laughlin

The Royal Society: London, London, GB

2000 | Fellow
Distinction
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Simon Laughlin

Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC biology. (1)
Review activity for Current biology. (2)
Review activity for Current opinion in neurobiology. (1)