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Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner becomes Henriette Herz-Scout of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation10.12.2020 Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner was elected to the Henriette Herz-Scouting-Program of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. As elected scout he can propose foreign PostDoctoral scientists directly for a Humboldt research fellowship. Further information can be found here.
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Eurohaptics 2020 Best Paper Award for Müge Cavdan09.09.2020 Müge Cavdan and her colleagues have received the BestPaper Award of the Eurohaptics 2020 conference on Wednesday, 9.9. 2020. This year the conference took place primarily virtually. The awarded paper deals with affective learning in haptic material perception. Many congratulations!
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Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner receives ERC Advanced Grant31.03.2020 Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The grant is is worth 2.5 milion Euro. Further information can befound here (only German).
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Dr. Ben de Haas receives ERC Starting Grant03.09.2019 Dr. Ben de Haas was awarded an ERC Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his research project "INDIVISUAL". The grant is is worth 1.5 milion Euro. Further information can befound here (only German). |
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Dr. Matteo Valsecchi appointed as professor at the University Bologna01.09.2019 Dr. Matteo Valsecchi (Dept. of General Psychology) has accepted an appointment as Senior Assistant Professor for Experimental Psychology at the University of Bologna. |
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Worldhaptics 2019 Best Student Paper Award for Müge Cavdan15.07.2019 Müge Cavdan has received the Best Student Paper Award of the Worldhaptics 2019 conference. In her work she has investigated the different haptic dimensions of softness and corresponding exploratory procedures. Congratulations! |
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Pascal Mamassian receives Anneliese Maier-Forschungspreis12.09.2018 Pascal Mamassian was awarded with the Anneliese Maier-Forschungspreis. We congratulate him. For further information, please click here |
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Eurohaptics 2018 Best Paper Award for Anna Metzger"16.06.2018 Anna Metzger has received the Best Paper Award of the Eurohaptics 2018 conference. In her work she has investigated the saliency of haptic surface characteristics. Further studies from the haptics group were listed among the three finalists in the categories Best Student Paper Award (Aaron Zöller) and Best Poster Award (Knut Drewing). Congratulations! |
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Florian Bayer receives Edmund Optics Educational Award"11.06.2018 Florian Bayer has received the Edmund Optics Educational Award for his achievements. We congratulate him. For further information, please visit the website of Edmund Optics. |
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Department for General Psychology at "Straße der Experimente"03.06.2018 The department for General Psychology had a stand (title: "Farben sehen, fühlen und hören") at this years "Straße der Experimente" where interested people had the possibility to take part in different experiments and learn something about perception. |
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Humboldt Research Award for Jan Koenderink31.10.2016 The Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation awarded the Humboldt Research Award to Jan Koenderink. Throughout his long and fruitful career, Jan Koenderink has contributed like few others to the advancement of human and machine vision research. Combining his background in physics and his deep understanding of psychology he was able to both describe formally and to treat experimentally some of the most basic problems in vision science, often spurring entire lines of research which developed for decades. |
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Prof. Gegenfurtner awarded with the Wilhelm-Wundt-Medal10.10.2016 During the 50th-congress of the german society of psychology (DGP) Prof. Gegenfurtner was awarded with the Wilhelm-Wundt-Medal for his scientific work. The president of the GDP Prof. Dr. Andrea Abele-Brehm said in her speech that Prof Gegenfurtner "conducts research on the highest methodological and theoretical level". She further mentioned that he uses " innovative experimental designs to challenge classical views in the field and developed new, seminal neuroscientific approaches". Further information can be found at the official statement of the university (only available in german). |
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Prof. Roland W. Fleming18.02.2016 Prof. Dr. Roland W. Fleming was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). His Project with the title: "Shape Understanding: On the Perception auf Growth, Form and Process“. The grant is worth 1,95 Million Euro. |
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Prof. Karl R. Gegenfurtner appointed as a member of the Leopoldina31.12.2015 Prof. Karl R. Gegenfurtner was selected as a member of the Leopoldina Founded in 1652, the Leopoldina is one of the oldest academies of science in the world. It is dedicated to the advancement of science for the benefit of humankind and to the goal of shaping a better future. With some 1,500 members, the Leopoldina brings together outstanding scientists from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and many other countries. |
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ERC Starting Grant for Prof. Dr. Alexander Schütz18.12.2015 The research project "Calibration and integration of peripheral and foveal information in human vision" from Prof. Dr. Alexander Schütz was accepted by the European Research Council (ERC). He was granted an ERC Starting Grant worth 1,4 Million Euro. |
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Award of the Justus-Liebig-University for Dr. Katja Dörschner-Boyaci Ph. D.27.11.2015 Dr. Katja Dörschner-Boyaci was awarded for her excellent research in the field of material perception with the price of the Justus-Liebig University Giessen which is endowed with 5.000 Euro. |
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PD Dr. Alexander Schütz appointed as professor at the University of Marburg15.10.2015 PD Dr. Alexander Schütz has accepted his appointment as professor for General Psychology at the Phillips-Universität Marburg |
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Dr. Katja Dörschner-Boyaci was awarded the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award05.08.2014 The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has singled out 11 international junior researchers for one of the best-endowed science awards in Germany: The winners will each receive up to 1.65 million EUR. Through this programme, the research talents receive risk capital for innovative projects during an early phase in their careers. More... |
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Dissertation Award for Dr. Matteo Toscani21.11.2014 On the 21. November Dr. Matteo Toscani (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner) received an award from the JLU for his thesis with the title “Effect of fixation positions on perception of lightness and color”. He was rewarded for the best thesis during the academical year 2013/2014 in the areas of social and sport science as well as psychology. |
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Humboldt Research Award for Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Troje04.11.2014 The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has granted Prof. Nikolaus Troje (Queens University, Kingston, Canada) with a Humboldt Resarch Award. In 2015, Niko Troje will frequently visit the JLU Giessen (Prof.Gegenfurtner) as well as MPI for Intelligent Systems in Tübingen. |
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Humboldt Research Scholarship for Dr. David Souto04.11.2014 The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has granted Dr. David Souto (Leicester, England) with a research scholarship. Since September 2014 David Souto will be for one year at the JLU Giessen (Prof. Gegenfurtner) to continue his research. |
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Successful habilitation11.07.2013Dr. Alexander C. Schütz successfully habilitated.
By means of his habilitation dissertation on the topic of "Augenbewegungen und visuelle Wahrnehmung", his habilitation lecture on the topic of "Psychologie der Zeit: Psychophysik, Modelle und neuronale Grundlagen" and his inaugural lecture "Aktives Sehen: die Interaktion von Augenbewegungen und visueller Wahrnehmung", Mr. Alexander C. Schütz successfully habilitated. |
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Winner of the 2013 Elsevier/VSS Young Investigator Award19.03.2013Prof. Roland W. Fleming is the 2013 winner of the VSS Young Investigator Award. He will give a presentation at the VSS Awards Session on Monday, May 13 at 1:00 pm in the Royal Palm Ballroom. |
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Award of the Justus-Liebig-University for Prof. Roland W. Fleming, Ph. D.22.11.2012Prof. Roland W. Fleming was awarded for his excellent research in the field of visual perception with the price of the Justus-Liebig University Giessen which is endowed with 5.000 Euro. |
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President of the Vision Science Society05.05.2012Karl R. Gegenfurtner was elected as President of the international Vision Science Society. |
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Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler: Team "Action & Perception"01.10.2011PD. Dr. Katja Fiehler has accepted her appointment as professor for General Psychology at the Justus-Liebig University Giessen.
Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler will build up a new research group "Action and Perception" at the Department of General Psychology. |
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Dr. Weina Zhu appointed as professor in China18.11.2010Dr. Weina Zhu has accepted her promotion as associate professor in China. |
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Research Fellowship for Dr. Matteo Valsecchi18.11.2010The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers to Dr. Matteo Valsecchi. Dr. Valsecchi will work at the University of Giessen to do research as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2011 and 2012 (host: Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner). |
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Successful habilitation15.07.2010Dr. Knut Drewing successfully habilitated.
By means of his habilitation dissertation on the topic of "Die Integration von sensorischen Signalen für Wahrnehmung und Handlung", his habilitation lecture on the topic of "Rhythmus im Blut? Wie wir unsere Bewegungen zeitlich genau abstimmen" and his inaugural lecture "Das Wesentliche ist unsichtbar – Einführung in die Haptische Wahrnehmung", Mr. PD Dr. Knut Drewing successfully habilitated. |
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PD Dr. Volker Franz appointed as professor at the University of Hamburg01.12.2009PD Dr. Volker Franz has accepted his appointment as professor for General Psychology at the University of Hamburg. |
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Dr. Maria Olkkonen awarded for best dissertation27.11.2009In the context of the University´s academical ceremonial acts on Friday, November 27, Dr. Maria Olkkonen (advisor: Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner) has been awarded. Her work on "Investigating the Mechanisms of Real-World Color Constancy" was the best dissertation in the academical year of 2008/2009 in the areas of social sciences, sciences of sport and psychology. |
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Intensive funding by the DFG´s Reinhart Koselleck-Program01.09.2009Karl Gegenfurtner´s request for the funding of a project to investigate the perception of material properties has been granted. Within the framework of the Reinhart Koselleck-Program, an overall budget of 1,25 million Euro is now available for this project. The DFG (German Research Foundation) program is reserved for particularly innovative but also risky project ideas by excellent individual scientists. |
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Professor Karl Gegenfurtner was elected into the board of directors by the Vision Science Society. His 4-year term begins in June 2009.Further informations about the Vision Sciences Society are available at http://www.visionsciences.org A short excerpt from the website, summarizing the organization´s history and its aims: The Vision Sciences Society is a nonprofit membership organization of scientists who are interested in the functional aspects of vision. VSS was founded in 2001 by Ken Nakayama (Harvard University) with the help of Tom Sanocki (University of South Florida). The main purpose of the society is to hold an annual meeting that brings together in one forum scientists from the broad range of disciplines that contribute to vision science, including visual psychophysics, neuroscience, computational vision and cognitive psychology. The scientific content of the meetings reflects the breadth of topics in modern vision science, from visual coding to perception, recognition and the visual control of action, as well as the recent development of new methodologies from cognitive psychology, computer vision and neuroimaging. The Vision Sciences Society is committed to progress in understanding vision, and its relation to cognition, action and the brain. Our primary goal is to host a yearly meeting where both new and established investigators from diverse disciplines and scientific perspectives present and discuss their work in a relaxed informal setting. Our interdisciplinary nature is reflected by the Board of Directors and Abstract Review Committee. |
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Karl Gegenfurtner jetzt im editorial Board von Perception
Karl Gegenfurtner wurde im April 2009 in das editorial Board von Perception aufgenommen. |
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PD Dr. Thomas Schmidt appointed as professor at the University of Kaiserslautern16.12.2008PD Dr. Thomas Schmidt has accepted his appointment as professor for Psychology at the TU Kaiserslautern. |
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Karl Gegenfurtner is now in the editorial board of the Journal of Vision01.11.2008Karl Gegenfurtner was incorporated into the editorial board of the Journal of Vision in November 2008. |
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Humboldt Research Award for Prof. Dr. Laurence Maloney15.04.2008The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has decided to bestow a Humboldt Research Award on Prof. Dr. Laurence Maloney (Department of Psychology, New York University). The awardee will spend several months in 2008 and 2009 at the University of Giessen to do research (host: Prof. Karl Gegenfurtner). |
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Karl Gegenfurtner is now in the editorial board of Frontiers in Neuroscience01.11.2007Karl Gegenfurtner was incorporated into the editorial board of Frontiers in Neuroscience in November 2007. |
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Klaus Tschira Award for Miriam Spering11.10.2007The Klaus Tschira Award for Comprehensible Science 2007 was bestowed on Miriam Spering in the category of Neuroscience. Her contribution was titled "Wenn das Gehirn am Steuer sitzt". |
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Karl Gegenfurtner is now in the editorial board of Vision Research01.05.2007Karl Gegenfurtner was incorporated into editorial board of Vision Research in May 2007. |
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PD Dr. Dirk Kerzel appointed as professor at the University of Geneva01.08.2004 PD Dr. Dirk Kerzel has accepted his appointment as professor for Cognitive Psychology at the University of Geneva. |
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Heinz Meier-Leibnitz Award for Dirk Kerzel01.03.2003Mr. Dirk Kerzel (Uni Giessen) has won the DFG´s (German Research Foundation) Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award. http://www.dfg.de/aktuelles_presse/preise/leibnitz_preis/2003/kerzel/ |
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Karl Gegenfurtner is now in editorial board of the Journal of Physiology01.06.2002Karl Gegenfurtner was incorporated into the editorial board of the Journal of Physiology in June 2002. |
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