Filipp Schmidt

Dr. Filipp Schmidt is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of General Psychology within the College of Psychology and Sports Science at Justus Liebig University Giessen. His research focuses on visual perception, cognitive psychology, and psychophysics, particularly in material perception, shape processing, and perceptual organization.

• Education: PhD in Psychology (2014, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern), Diploma in Psychology (2009, Justus Liebig University Giessen)

Current research explores core dimensions of material perception, shape transformations, and visual aftereffects. His work spans cognitive neuroscience, computational modeling, and interdisciplinary collaborations with vision science and computer vision.

Recent publications address topics like material fingerprinting, animacy perception, and statistical features in shape encoding. Collaborative efforts include teams at Giessen University, University of York, and institutions studying visual cognition and human-computer interaction.