Spotlight - University of Giessen

Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) is one of the oldest universities in the German-speaking part of Europe. JLU, one of the largest research universities in the State of Hessen, was founded in 1607.The university is named after Justus von Liebig who is the inventor of artificial fertilizer, the founder of agricultural chemistry, and the most famous faculty member. JLU attracts students with its state-of art facilities and long history. Some of the well-known professors are physician Georg Haas, theologian Adolf von Harnack, gestalt psychologist Kurt Koffka, and physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

Photograph of Psychology and Sports Science Faculty- JLU Giessen (Photo credit JLU Giessen)

Department of General Psychology represent DyVito Project with two sub-projects. Our department comprises of more than sixty researchers and four different research team in perception (action and perception, brain and action, material perception, and color perception). You can find more information about our research group here and our publications from 2003 to 2018 here.

The DyVito Project at JLU:  

Project 1: perception of high gloss materials

Supervisor, Professor Roland Fleming, Professor Karl Gegenfurtner, early stage researcher Jacob Cheeseman

Project 2: visuo-haptic perception of softness

Supervisor, Dr. Katja Doerschner, Professor Knut Drewing, early stage researcher Müge Cavdan

Blog author: Müge Cavdan

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