Academic Background
- 1986 Diploma in Psychology, Regensburg University
- 1989 Ph.D. in Psychology, Regensburg University
Thesis: “A theoretical and experimental analysis of colour adaptation” - 1997 Habilitation in Psychology, Regensburg University
Thesis: "Sensory and perceptual mechanisms of colour constancy"
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Career/Employment
- 1992-1993 Visiting Researcher at Psychology Department,
Stanford University/USA - 1996 Visiting Researcher at Psychology Department,
Stanford University/USA - 1998-2001 Senior Lecturer, Regensburg University
- 2001-2004 Substitution of a chair of "Psychology"
Psychology Department, Regensburg University - 2003 Offer of a chair of "Experimental Psychology"
Psychology Department, Saarland University - 2003 Offer of a chair of "Experimental Psychology"
Psychology Department, Oldenburg University - 2003 Offer of a chair of "Psychology"
Psychology Department, Regensburg University - 2004 - 2026 Chair of Psychology
Psychology Department, Regensburg University
Editorial Activities
- 2005 - 2009 Associate Editor for European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
- 2008 - 2013 Associate Editor for Memory
- 2009 - 2015 Consulting Editor for Memory and Cognition
- 2012 - 2024 Consulting Editor for Journal of Memory and Language
- 2008 - 2025 Consulting Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- External Action Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- External Action Editor for Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Ad hoc Reviewer for
- Acta Psychologica / American Journal of Psychology / British Journal of Psychology / Cerebral Cortex / Cognition / Cognition and Emotion / Consciousness & Cognition / Current Directions in Psychological Science / Emotion / European Journal of Cognitive Psychology / Experimental Aging Research / Experimental Psychology / IEEE / Journal of Cognitive Psychology / Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied / Journal of Experimental Psychology: General / Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition / Journal of Mathematical Psychology / Journal of Memory and Language / Journal of Motor Behaviour / Journal of the Optical Society of America A / Journal of Vision / Learning and Memory / Memory / Memory & Cognition / Neurobiology of Learning and Memory / NeuroImage / Neuropsychologia / Optical Engineering / Perception / Perception & Psychophysics / Perceptual and Motor Skills / PLOS ONE / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/ Psychiatry Research / Psychological Research / Psychological Review / Psychological Science / Psychologische Rundschau / Psychology and Aging / Psychonomic Bulletin & Review / Psychophysiology / Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology / Social Cognition / The Journal of Neuroscience / Trends in Cognitive Science / Vision Research
- Academy of Finland / German Research Foundation (DFG) / German Society for Psychology / Max Planck Society / National Science Foundation, USA / The Israel Science Foundation, Israel / The Wellcom Trust, UK / Von Humboldt Foundation