Emeritus Professor David Badcock serves as Senior Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Science at The University of Western Australia. As a Rhodes Scholar, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford. His postdoctoral research included positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and Durham University. Prior to joining UWA in 1996 as Professor, he progressed from Lecturer (1985) to Associate Professor and Reader (1992) at The University of Melbourne. At UWA, he held roles as Head of Department (2000-2001), Head of School (2002-2003), and Winthrop Professor (2009 onwards). He was also Honorary Professor of Vision Science at the University of Nottingham (2012-2021).

Badcock's research examines human visual performance, focusing on mechanisms for perceiving motion, pattern, position, and shape through behavioral psychophysics in both normal observers and clinical groups such as those with migraine, glaucoma, autism, and schizotypy. His contributions include resolving a longstanding issue in spatial vision research, developing an influential model of motion perception adopted internationally for two decades, and identifying key visual deficits in migraine sufferers with Allison McKendrick. He has authored or co-authored over 170 articles and secured 28 grants from bodies like the ARC and NHMRC. Key publications include "The contribution of evidence-based practice and the practice-based evidence approaches to contemporary Australian psychology" (2025, with Gray et al.), "Exploring the Phenotype and Possible Mechanisms of Palinopsia in Visual Snow Syndrome" (2024, with Brooks et al.), "Improving Understanding of Visual Snow by Quantifying its Appearance and Effect on Vision" (2024, with Brooks et al.), "Continuous psychophysics for two-variable experiments; A new 'Bayesian participant' approach" (2023, with Falconbridge et al.), and "Contribution of higher-order structure to perception of mirror symmetry" (2023, with Bellagarda et al.). Awards include the Australian Psychological Society President’s Award (2020), Inaugural UWA Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Research Award in Medical and Health Sciences, ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship (2011-2016), and fellowships from APS, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and Association for Psychological Science. He has led initiatives like the Australian Brain Alliance and held positions such as Past President of the Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology and Past Chair of the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for Brain and Mind.

Professional Email: david.badcock@uwa.edu.au