Prof. Dr. Melissa Le-Hoa Vo
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Prof. Dr. Melissa Le-Hoa VoHead of the Group "Allgemeine Psychologie I" and of "Scene Grammar Lab" Contact Details Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6 Phone: +49(0)69 / 798-35342 |
Education and Academic Positions
| * 03/18/1981 |
in Munich, Germany |
| 2014 - |
Professor for Cognitive Psychology Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Germany Head of the DFG funded Emmy Noether Group a.k.a. the “Scene Grammar Lab”, Goethe Universität Frankfurt |
| 2009 - 2013 |
Post-Doc, DFG (German Research Foundation) & NIH (National Institute of Health) funded Research Fellowships, Visual Attention Lab, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA |
| 2008 - 2009 |
Post-Doc, ESRC funded Research Fellowship, Visual Cognition Unit, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, UK |
| 2009 |
Dr. Phil. in Cognitive Psychology (summa cum laude) Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany “The Allocation of Attention in Scene Perception” |
| 2006 - 2008 |
Ph.D. student, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich; (Excellencecluster: Cognition for Technical Systems - CoTeSys, Ph.D. thesis: “The Allocation of Attention in Scene Perception”) |
| spring - fall ’06 |
Backpacking through India, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Fijis rounded up by family visits at the US east and west coast |
| 2006 |
M.A. (“Diplom”) in Cognitive Psychology Free University of Berlin, Germany "Effects of Emotional Valence on Implicit and Explicit Memory for Words: Can Pupil Dilation Give Clarification?" |
| 2002 |
B.A. (“Vordiplom”) in Psychology University of Eichstätt/Ingolstadt, Germany |
| 2000 |
'Abitur', Gymnasium München/Moosach |
Fellowships and Grants |
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| 2014-2019 |
Emmy Noether Grant from the DFG (German Research Foundation) |
| 12/1/2012-11/31/2015 |
Research grant from the NIH: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) |
| 1/1/2013-12/31/2013 |
Fellowship from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) |
| 6/1/2012-8/31/2012 |
Fellowship from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) |
| 11/1/2009-10/31/2011 |
Research grant from the DFG (German Research Foundation) |
Women in Science Fellowship (Ludwig-Maximilians University Excellence Program)
Professional Activities
Current Organization Membership: Association for Psychological Science, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ordentliches Mitglied), Psychonomic Society (full member), Vision Sciences Society
Ad-hoc reviewer for: Acta Psychologica, Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, Behavior Research Methods, Cognition, Frontiers (Review Editor for Frontiers in Perception Science), Human-Computer Interaction, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human, Perception, and Performance, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Journal of Eye Movement Research, Journal of Vision, Neuroscience Letters, Perception, PLoS ONE, Psychophysiology, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Visual Cognition, Vision Research
Current Conference Organization (2011-2013) of “Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (OPAM)”. OPAM is a conference dedicated to issues in object perception, attention, memory and other areas of visual cognition. It takes place, each year, on the first day of the meeting of the Psychonomic Society. OPAM is intended as a forum primarily for scientists early in their careers, such as graduate students or post docs.
Visit our website for more information: http://www.opam.net/