Allan Snyder
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Allan Whitenack Snyder is an Australian optical physicist/visual scientist, born in Philadelphia and Foundation Director of the Centre for the Mind. He holds the chair of Visual Sciences, the chair of Optical Physics and the Peter Karmel Chair of Science and the Mind at the Australian National University. He also holds the 150th Anniversary Chair of Science and the Mind a the University of Sydney.
Snyder's work is behind three main branches of science. These are optical fiber telecommunications, visual photoreceptor optics and futuristic light-guiding-light technologies.
External links
- Centre for the Mind (http://www.centreforthemind.com)
- Marconi Foundation (http://www.marconifoundation.org/pages/dynamic/fellows/fellow_details.php?roster_id=31)
- Tall Poppies (http://www.tallpoppies.net.au/australianachievers/cavalcade/snyder.htm)