Contact information
Colleges
KEYWORDS
melanopsin, ipRGCs, colour vision, rods and cones, pupillary light reflex, non-image-forming vision
Manuel Spitschan
MA (Hons) PhD
University Research Lecturer
- Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow
- Biomedical Sciences Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College
RESEARCH SUMMARY
How does the human non-image-forming visual system represent, encode and process light and color?
I am interested in how light affects our brain, physiology and behaviour beyond what we consciously see and perceive. I am specifically interested in the short-wavelength (blue) sensitive photopigment melanopsin, which aids in synchronising our bodies and brains to the prevailing light-dark cycle, and in controlling the size of the pupil.
Education
2016–2017 Stanford University, Postdoctoral Fellowship (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
2012–2016 University of Pennsylvania, PhD
2009–2012 University of St Andrews, MA (Hons) Psychology
Recent publications
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Transparency and open science reporting guidelines in sleep research and chronobiology journals
Journal article
Spitschan M. et al, (2020)
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Rest-activity cycles and melatonin phase angle of circadian entrainment in people without cone-mediated vision
Journal article
Spitschan M. et al, (2020)
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Demonstrating a multi-primary high dynamic range display system for vision experiments.
Journal article
Hexley AC. et al, (2020), J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis, 37, A271 - A284
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Night Matters – Why the Interdisciplinary Field of “Night Studies” is Needed
Journal article
Kyba CCM. et al, (2019)
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No evidence for an S cone contribution to acute neuroendocrine and alerting responses to light.
Journal article
Spitschan M. et al, (2019), Curr Biol, 29, R1297 - R1298