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Lyndon Jones is a professor at the School of Optometry and Director of the Centre for Contact Lens Research at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He is also cross-appointed to the Departments of Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Waterloo and an Adjunct Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Departments at McMaster University, Ontario.
He graduated in Optometry from the University of Wales, Cardiff, in 1985 and gained his PhD from the Biomaterials Research Unit at Aston University, Birmingham, UK in 1998. He holds three of the higher clinical awards granted by the College of Optometrists, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, in which he is a Diplomate in Cornea and Contact Lenses, and is also a Fellow of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE). He has been the recipient of a number of awards, including the 2006 American Optometric Foundation’s “Michael Harris Award for Excellence in Optometric Education”, 2005 University of Waterloo’s “Distinguished Teacher Award”, 2002 BCLA “Irving Fatt Memorial Lecture”, 2001 BCLA “Dallos Award” and the 1999 German Contact Lens Society’s “Peter Abel Award”. He has authored over 150 refereed and professional papers, one text-book and given over 500 invited lectures at conferences worldwide, in over 25 countries. His research interests primarily focus on the interaction of novel and existing contact lens materials with the ocular environment. His current research group comprises 2 full-time technicians and 8 graduate students and his work has attracted grant and contract funding of over $20 million. He is a founding member of the 20/20 NSERC Network for the Development of Advanced Ophthalmic Materials, which was funded in Oct 2008 by NSERC Canada to develop novel ophthalmic biomaterials. |
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Lyndon Jones PhD, FAAO (Director)