About Me

Dr Holger Wiese

Positions

• 2014 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK
• 2013 – 2014: Temporary Professor for Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
• 2009 – 2014: Principal Investigator (funded by the German Research Council, DFG), DFG Research Unit “Person Perception”, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
• 2011: Visiting Scientist, Face Lab (Prof. Gill Rhodes), School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
• 2009: Visiting Scientist, Memory Group (Prof. Rik Henson), MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK
• 2005 – 2009: Postdoctoral Researcher and lab director (EEG lab), Department of General Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
• 2001 – 2005: Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Neurology, University Clinics Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Education

• 2010: Habilitation and venia legendi in Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
• 2005: Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany
• 2001: Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany 

Editorial Appointments

• Since 2016: Associate Editor, Cortex
• Since 2016: Associate Editor, Perception
• Since 2015: Associate Editor, British Journal of Psychology
• 2012 – 2017: Associate Editor, The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Awards

• Thuringian Research Prize for Basic Research (2009)

Research Grants

• Wiese H (2012-2016). “Age and aging in face perception and memory“. Renewed research grant within the DFG Research Unit “Person Perception“ (FOR 1097/2), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Wi 3219/4-2.
• Wiese H, Schweinberger SR (2011-2015). “Person Categorization“. Renewed research grant Schw 511/8-1, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Wi 3219/5-2.
• Wiese H (2009-2012). “Effects of age and ageing on face memory and perception“. Research grant within the DFG Research Unit “Person Perception“ (FOR 1097), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Wi 3219/4-1.
• Wiese H, Schweinberger SR (2009-2011). “Semantic and associative networks for representing people“. Research Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Wi 3219/2-1.
• Schweinberger SR, Wiese H (2007-2010). “Person Categorization“. Research Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Schw 511/8-1.