We are very happy to celebrate Jan wrapping up an exceptionally productive year by successfully defending his PhD thesis and being awarded the distinction summa cum laude this week!In his doctoral work, Jan explored intentional control, agency and awareness across a range of eye movements, from microsaccades to larger saccades and smooth pursuit, making important … Continue reading Welcome to our new Postdoc, Dr. Jan-Nikolas Klanke!
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Lisa Fenk visits the BCCN Berlin and the rolfslab
We were delighted and had so much fun hosting Dr. Lisa Fenk, leader of the Active Sensing group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, during her talk at the BCCN Berlin this week. Dr. Fenk, often referred to as the "uncrowned queen of invertebrate eye movements," shared her groundbreaking research on retinal movements … Continue reading Lisa Fenk visits the BCCN Berlin and the rolfslab
Congratulations, Dr. Clara!
Clara has completed her PhD at RolfsLab, where she explored how sudden changes in the environment can disrupt and adapt planned hand movements—showing that, much like our eyes, our hands quickly pause and adjust when the unexpected occurs. We are so happy and proud that she started her research career in our lab almost 10 … Continue reading Congratulations, Dr. Clara!
Back from ECVP—Tired but Inspired
After a rough 36-hour train ride through the beautiful Scottish, British, Belgian, and German countryside, even the last lab members have returned from ECVP in Aberdeen. We thoroughly enjoyed presenting our work and attending a wide range of inspiring talks and poster sessions—as well as the whisky tasting and a lively introduction to traditional music … Continue reading Back from ECVP—Tired but Inspired
Lisa wins the Adlershof Dissertation Prize
The lab is incredibly proud of one of our own, Lisa Kröll, who was awarded the Adlershof Dissertation Prize 2023 for her work on how active predictions shape human vision. For more information on the prize and the runners-up, you can check out the news here: https://www.adlershof.de/news/dissertationspreis-adlershof-fuer-2023-geht-an-dr-lisa-kroell.
VSS 2022, we’re coming!
We are almost done preparing for VSS, and there was a lot to prepare, indeed. If you would like to see what we'll be presenting, here is a list of our poster, talk, and demo night contributions sorted by temporal order. We're looking forward to seeing you at any or all of these! Talks & … Continue reading VSS 2022, we’re coming!
Back from the lab’s 3rd retreat
We just got back from a fantastic lab retreat, which took place in a beautiful parsonage in northern Germany (Mecklenburg Vorpommern). We spent five days developing creative visual experiments and new projects, teaching and learning from each other, cooking delicious food, and we had a bike trip along the beautiful Baltic Sea! The amazing Miriam … Continue reading Back from the lab’s 3rd retreat
Our 8+1 contributions to virtual VSS 2021
This years VSS was virtual, but that did not keep us from submitting our most recent work. We created a Twitter thread explaining our 8 scientific contributions (1 talk by Lisa Kroell and 7 posters by ): https://twitter.com/rolfslab/status/1394300169286467589?s=20 The final contribution to the conference was virtual Club Vision — the conference's legendary dance party that … Continue reading Our 8+1 contributions to virtual VSS 2021
Martin inaugurated as Heisenberg Professor
Martin has accepted an offer from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin to become a Heisenberg professor for Experimental Psychology: Active Perception and Cognition (or, in German: Allgemeine Psychologie: Aktive Wahrnehmung und Kognition) and set up a new group at the Psychology Department. He has been inaugurated on Tuesday. The Heisenberg professorship has been awarded to Martin by … Continue reading Martin inaugurated as Heisenberg Professor
Coming up: ECVP 2017 in Berlin!
Martin is part of the organising team of the 40th European Conference on Visual Perception, which is about to take off. From August 27 to 31, Berlin will be the host of almost 1200 vision scientists. We have an exciting program, including four great keynote speakers. Come join us! Check out the website: http://www.ecvp.org/2017/ PS: MR also … Continue reading Coming up: ECVP 2017 in Berlin!
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