Professor of Physiology and

Director, Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre,

University of Queensland 4072 , Australia

ph.+617 3365 3842 (off)

+617 3365 4522 (fax)

j.pettigrew@vthrc.uq.edu.au

Born: October 2, 1943, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., Australia; Citizen of Australia.

Marital Status: Divorced: 3 children

Education

1966 B.Sc. (Med) with First Class Honours from Department of Physiology

1968 M.Sc. Department of Physiology, University of Sydney

1969 M.B., B.S. with Honours from Sydney University Medical School

Research Experience

1965-1967 Department of Physiology, University of Sydney with P.O. Bishop on

binocular neurons in visual cortex

1966 Neurosensory Laboratory, School of Optometry, U.C. Berkeley, with

H.B. Barlow and Colin Blakemore on binocular depth discrimination

1968 Department of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research ANU

Canberra, Australia with P.O. Bishop

1971-1973 Department of Physiology-Anatomy, U.C. Berkeley with H.B.Barlow on single neurons in kitten visual cortex

1974-1981 Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology on visual

deprivation in kittens and vision and hearing of owls

1984 Queens University, Kingston with Barrie Frost on avian sensation

1986 Zoologisches Insititüt, Munich with G. Neuweiler on microbat vision

1983-1988 Neuroscience Laboratory established at Univ. Queensland

1994 UW, Madison with John Kirsch on fractionated bat DNA

1988-present Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre, Univ. of Queensland

Fellowships, Employment and Honours

1969 Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown

1970-1972 Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley

1973 Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley

1974-1976 Assistant Professor of Biology, Calif. Inst. of Technology (Caltech)

1976-1981 Associate Professor of Biology (with tenure), Caltech, Pasadena

1976-1978 Visual Sciences B Study Section, National Eye Institute, USPHS

1979-1983 National Vision Research Institute of Australia, Acting Director

1987 Fellowship of Royal Society of London;

Fellowship of Australian Academy of Science

1989-1992 President, International Society for Neuroethology

1993 Honorary Life Member Neuro-Ophthalmology Society of Australia

1983-present Professor of Physiology, University of Queensland

1988-present Director, Vision Touch and Hearing Research Centre, U Queensland

Interests