Christoph Witzel

Dr. Christoph Witzel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on color psychophysics, behavioral experiments, and the interplay between language, culture, and perception. He is actively involved in the Centre for Perception and Cognition (CPC) and Institute for Life Sciences, supervising PhD students in Psychology and SoCoBio.

• Institute for Life Sciences
• Centre for Perception and Cognition (CPC)

Research interests center on how cultural and experiential factors shape subjective reality, with specific expertise in color perception, sensory augmentation, and unconscious learning mechanisms. His work explores memory colors, illumination invariance, and cross-modal sensory integration.

Recent publications examine color category constancy, neural networks in color naming, and sensory representation of reflectances. Articles span journals like Vision Research, Scientific Reports, and Cerebral Cortex, emphasizing empirical approaches to perceptual psychology.

• Supervising Michaela Trescakova (PhD Psychology)
• Supervising Rio David Coleman (PhD SoCoBio)
• Supervising Giulio Palma (PhD Psychology)
• Previously supervised Hamed Karimipour (PhD Psychology)

Contact: C.Witzel@soton.ac.uk | Tel: +44 23 8059 4599 | ORCID: [Available]