Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition

Our People

Our members and connections span many areas of research and experience within Durham University. Our research interests revolve around vision and perception, from virtual reality and machine learning to consciousness and attention.

Directors

Role	Name	Email	Research Interests
Co-Director	Dr Soazig Casteau	soazig.casteau@durham.ac.uk	Active vision Saccadic eye movements Attention and working memory Visual psychophysics, cognitive neuroscience
Co-Director	Dr George Alex Koulieris	georgios.a.koulieris@durham.ac.uk	Computer graphics Displays Virtual Reality Visual Perception

Core Members

Name	Email	Research Interests
Dr Christopher Allen	christopher.p.allen@durham.ac.uk
Dr Amir Atapour-Abarghouei	amir.atapour-abarghouei@durham.ac.uk	Image Processing and Computer Vision Scene Understanding and Image Analysis Semantic Segmentation and Object Detection Depth Estimation and 3D Reconstruction Machine Learning / Deep Learning Multi-Task Learning and Neural Architecture Search Domain Adaptation and Data Augmentation Text Ranking and Classification Topic Modelling and Sentiment Analysis Robotic Navigation and Autonomy
Dr Anthony Atkinson	a.p.atkinson@durham.ac.uk	Social cognitive neuroscience The emotions The perception of faces, emotions, and biological motion The scientific study of consciousness Conceptual issues in evolutionary & cognitive psychological explanation
Dr Ulrik Beierholm	ulrik.beierholm@durham.ac.uk	Computational Neuroscience, Perception Decision Making Neuroeconomics Machine Learning
Professor Andrew Beresford	a.m.beresford@durham.ac.uk	Painting, sculpture, and visual culture
Professor Toby Breckon	toby.breckon@durham.ac.uk	Autonomous sensing Computer vision Image processing Machine learning Robotic sensing
Dr Mike Burt	d.m.burt@durham.ac.uk	Evolutionary psychology Facial expression recognition
Dr Alexis Cheviet	alexis.cheviet@durham.ac.uk	Visual attention Eye-movements in clinical neuropsychology
Dr Dorothy Cowie	dorothy.cowie@durham.ac.uk	Sensorimotor development Limb differences Embodied virtual reality Body representation
Dr Hayley Dewe	hayley.l.dewe@durham.ac.uk	Embodiment Aversive body-threats Aberrant perceptions of the body including dissociation/depersonalization
Dr Nazire Duran	nazire.duran@durham.ac.uk
Professor Amanda Ellison	amanda.ellison@durham.ac.uk	Neuroscientific basis of vision Visuomotor systems Sensorimotor cortical interfacing
Dr Samuel Forbes	samuel.forbes@durham.ac.uk	Infant development Early word learning Developmental cognitive neuroscience
Dr Anna Grubert	anna.k.grubert@durham.ac.uk	Visual selective attention Top-down attentional control Memory-guided attentional selection and attentional templates Psychophysical paradigms Electroencephalography (EEG) Event-related potentials (ERPs)
Dr Suncica Hadzidedic	suncica.hadzidedic@durham.ac.uk	Human-computer interaction Recommender systems Interactive intelligent systems Affective computing Responsible AI (bias, ethics, explainability, privacy, positive computing) Application domains of interest include: psychology (wellbeing, affect, consciousness), spirituality (meditation, self-awareness, mindfulness), healthcare (mental health, cancer, cognitive impairment), fashion, music, learning environments
Professor Markus Hausmann	markus.hausmann@durham.ac.uk	Biopsychosocial approach to cognitive sex differences Neuromodulatory properties of sex hormones Hemispheric asymmetries and interhemispheric interaction Spatial attention and spatial cognition
Dr Ioannis Ivrissimtzis	ioannis.ivrissimtzis@durham.ac.uk	Computer graphics Surface reconstruction
Professor Bob Kentridge	robert.kentridge@durham.ac.uk	Neuropsychology of awareness Blindsight Colour vision Attention
Dr Alison Lane	a.r.lane@durham.ac.uk	Visual Field Defects Neurorehabilitation Visuospatial attention
Professor Effie Law	lai-chong.law@durham.ac.uk	Multidimensional measurement of UX Automatic multisensory emotion recognition Mixed Reality.
Dr Frederick Li	frederick.li@durham.ac.uk	Collaborative Virtual Environment Computer Graphics Educational Technologies Graphics Modeling and Transmission Virtual Reality
Dr Robert Lieck	robert.lieck@durham.ac.uk	Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Modelling
Professor Gordon Love	g.d.love@durham.ac.uk	Vision Science 3D Displays Computer Graphics Adaptive Optics Liquid Crystal Technology Image Processing Optics
Dr Haemy Lee-masson	haemy.lee-masson@durham.ac.uk	Social Neuroscience (social cognition and empathy) Social Touch Autism fMRI EEG Affect Computing Machine Learning
Prof Marko Nardini	marko.nardini@durham.ac.uk	Visual and multisensory perception Perceptual development Cognitive development
Dr Liam Norman	liam.norman@durham.ac.uk	Visual summary statistics Consciousness Constancy Human echolocation Psychophysics fMRI
Prof. Nadja Reissland	n.n.reissland@durham.ac.uk	Prenatal to postnatal development Fetal development Premature infant development Maternal stress and depression Mother-infant interaction
Professor Paolo Remagnino	paolo.remagnino@durham.ac.uk	Image and Video Analysis Artificial intelligence Machine Learning Pattern Recognition Physical Security
Dr Meike Scheller	meike.scheller@durham.ac.uk
Professor Daniel T. Smith	daniel.smith2@durham.ac.uk	Attention & Memory in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Neurorehabilitation of visual field defects Visual attention Oculomotor control Goals and motivation in sport
Dr Sara Spotorno	sara.spotorno@durham.ac.uk	Links between visual attention, perception and memory Real-world scene and object processing Eye movements Cerebral hemispheric functional specialisation Lifespan Healthy and clinical populations
Dr Lore Thaler	lore.thaler@durham.ac.uk	Human echolocation Visual perception Auditory perception Blindness Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
Dr Kathleen Vancleef	kathleen.vancleef@durham.ac.uk	Assessment and rehabilitation of visual perception difficulties after a stroke Understanding visual perception difficulties in children with Cerebral Visual Impairment, how we can improve diagnosis, and how to support childrens' development and learning Mid-level visual perception or perceptual organisation Automated assessments and game-based therapy for vision problems
Dr Holger Wiese	holger.wiese@durham.ac.uk	Face Recognition Face memory, particularly memory biases for own-group faces ('own-race bias', 'own-age bias', 'own-gender bias') Person Categorization and processing of visually derivable facial information (age, gender, ethnicity, attractiveness) Cognitive and neural correlates of ageing in face memory and perception Organization of person-related information in semantic memory