Co-Founder, Director
Academy of Advanced Ophthalmic Optics
Australia
With over two decades of experience in optical dispensing Grant is the first and currently only qualified lens designer in Australia. His studies in optics, lens design, mathematics and quantum mechanics have imparted a skill set that is unmatched in the Australian ophthalmic industry. As a practice owner and academic at the University of New South Wales, he brings a depth of knowledge and experience that is recognised throughout the industry. Grant is currently a doctoral candidate at the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University, Birmingham England. He is the 2022 Silmo Paris International Opticians Association-IOA International Optician of the Year. Together with his wife Thao, their private independent practice was the 2022 Australian Small Business Champion Awards winner. Grant is also the founder and director of the Academy of Advanced Ophthalmic Optics whose mission is become a global leader in the delivery of advance ophthalmic optics education and research.
How to Choose a PPL: Optical Modelling and Image Shaping – Roles in Spectacle Lens Design
Progressive power lenses are now the dominant form of lens correction for presbyopia in the developed world. While they have a long history of successful implementation, recent developments in the application of freeform generation and understanding of the variability in human ocular biometry have opened new opportunities for the development of highly customer PAL designs. In this talk we will examine:
- Best form for lens designs and progressive power surfaces
- The biometry of the human ocular environment and how it interacts with lens design
- Strategies for manipulating existing lens parameters for optimising PAL lens designs
- Pathways for implementing biometry in spectacle lens design and anticipated outcomes for the patient