Dr Beatrix Feigl MD, PhD is an Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology. She completed a Doctor of Medicine at the Medical University Graz, Austria, and specialised in ophthalmology. Her PhD studies were conducted at QUT. Dr Feigl is an internationally recognised expert in the study of melanopsin expressing retinal ganglion cells in eye (macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetes) and neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson's disease). She implements morphological, pupillometric, psychophysical, neuroretinal and genetic techniques for understanding visual and nonvisual (circadian and sleep) functions including during the progression of disease and with treatment.