Hanspeter Mallot

Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Mallot is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Faculty of Science, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen. His research integrates biological and computational approaches to study spatial cognition in humans and robots. He has authored two key textbooks: Computational Neuroscience: A First Course and Computational Vision: Information Processing in Perception and Visual Behavior.

• PhD in Biology, University of Mainz
• Appointments at MIT, Ruhr-University Bochum, Max Planck Institute, and Institute for Advanced Study

Research interests include:

• Spatial cognition and memory
• Visual navigation and homing
• Robotics and computational modeling
• Virtual reality experiments
• Eye movement and perception studies

Projects and grants involve collaborations with EU initiatives (CURVACE, GNOSYS, WAYFINDING), DFG-funded programs (Bioethics, Cognitive Neurobiology), and interdisciplinary consortia (Center for Integrative Neuroscience, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen).