• Color vision

• Chromatic discrimination

• Material perception

University of Giessen, Department of General Psychology, Dr. rer. nat (PhD equivalent) in Psychology,2009

Thesis: Chromatic discrimination of complex stimuli

University Hamburg, Department of Psychology, Diploma (MA equivalent) in Psychology 2005

Thesis: Frequency Dependence of Human Sound Localization

2010 - 2011: Research scholarship from the German Science Foundation (DFG)

• 2010 – Present: Post-doctoral researcher at SUNY State College of Optometry, New York

• 2005 – 2010: Graduate researcher, University of Giessen, Department of General and Experimental Psychology

• 2003 – 2004: Undergraduate research assistant, University of Luebeck, Institute of Medical Psychology

Giesel, M. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2010). Color appearance of real objects varying in
material, hue, and shape. Journal of Vision, 10(9):10, 1–21.

Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2009). The discrimination of chromatic textures. Journal of Vision, 9(9):11, 1–28.

Hansen, T., Giesel, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008). Chromatic discrimination of natural objects. Journal of Vision, 8(1):2, 1–19.

Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Discrimination of synthetic chromatic distributions which resemble natural distributions. In H. H.
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Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2007). Chromatic discrimination of textured stimuli [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 7(9):673, 673a.

Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008a). Effects of chromatic distributions and pedestal contrast on chromatic discrimination. In XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008b). Modeling the effect of chromatic distributions and pedestal contrast on chromatic discrimination. In P. Khader, K. Jost, H. Lachnit, & F. Roesler (Eds.), Beitraege zur 50. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. (p. 328). Lengerich: Papst.

Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2008c). Modelling chromatic discrimination of chromatically variegated stimuli [Abstract]. Perception, 37, ECVP Abstract Supplement, 106.

Giesel, M., Hansen, T., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2009). Comparison of models for chromatic discrimination [Abstract]. Perception, 38, ECVP Abstract Supplement, 39.

Hansen, T., Giesel, M., & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2006). Investigating human chromatic discrimination of natural objects. In CGIV 2006 – Third European Conference on Color in Graphics, Imaging and Vision (CD-ROM) (Vol. 3, pp. 119–124). Leeds, UK.