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| Born | 1960 |
| Died | 3 January 2024 (age 63) |
| Alma mater | University of Regensburg, New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, scientist |
Sophie Wuerger (1960 – January 3, 2024) was a color perception researcher and psychology professor at the University of Liverpool.
Biography
Wuerger was born in 1960. She earned a degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Regensburg in Germany. She obtained her PhD from New York University (NYU) in 1991, advised by Michael Landy and John Krauskopf. Wuerger then completed two postdoc positions, at NYU and the Institute of Ophthalmology, before becoming a lecturer at the University of Keele. In 2003, she moved to the University of Liverpool, and received a personal chair there in 2013, becoming a professor. Overall, she advised more than 13 PhD students and 15 research fellows. At Liverpool, she led the Psychology Department's Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience group. She was additionally an honorary professor at the University of Science & Technology, Liaoning in Anshan, China.
Wuerger's research specialty was the neural representation of color space models. During her NYU postdoc, she showed that the geometry of color space did not fit a simple Euclidean model. In a later work, she showed that color signals from the retina must undergo a non-linear translation in the brain. She then focused on changes to color perception related to aging, showing that while color signals change, color perception remains largely constant. Wuerger used both modeling methods and applied work via fMRI and EEG scans during her work. In 2020, Wuerger and her collaborators touched on American politics in their work when they analyzed Donald Trump's skin color from publicly available images. They found that Trump's tan was most consistent with a sunless skin tan, and a viral 2020 Twitter image purporting to show his tan line was likely digitally distorted. Wuerger has also worked on multisensory perception, with recent work on how smell impacts color perception.
Wuerger's professional service included helping to organize the International Color Association (AIC) 2013 meeting, the European Conference on Visual Perception in 2015, and alternated organizing Colour Group meetings. She served on the editorial boards of Perception, Multisensory Perception, and Vision Research. She volunteered to help organize the second Women in Vision UK meeting in 2018. In 2023, she was invited to deliver the Palmer Lecture to the Colour Group (GB).
Personal Life
Wuerger's husband was Georg Meyer: they had two children together, Charlotte and Henry. Wuerger died while undergoing cancer treatments.
References
- ^ Zaidi, Qasim (2024-04-01). "Memories of Sophie Wuerger (1960–2024)". Perception. 53 (4): 294–296. doi:10.1177/03010066241232573. ISSN 0301-0066 – via Sage Journals.
- ^ Martinovic, Jasna; Cropper, Simon; Stockman, Andrew (2024-08-01). "Sophie Wuerger obituary". Vision Research. 221: 108425. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2024.108425. ISSN 0042-6989 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- "Obituary: Professor Sophie Wuerger". University of Liverpool News. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- "AIC Newsletter February 2024 - AIC Regular Members' News - Great Britain - The Colour Group (Great Britain) - A Tribute to Professor Sophie Wuerger". AIC - International Colour Association. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- Pincock, Stephen (2013-05-09). "Colour a constant throughout ageing". ABC Science. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- "Dr. Sophie Wuerger, University of Liverpool – Age and Color Perception". WAMC. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- Meyer, Georg; Amano, Kinjiro; Xiao, Kaida; Wuerger, Sophie (2020-04-11). ""Fake Tan" or "Fake News"?". I-Perception. 11 (2). doi:10.1177/2041669520915734. ISSN 2041-6695. PMC 7153194. PMID 32313615.
- Haseltine, William A. "See The Unseen: Unraveling The Mysteries Of Color Perception". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- UCL (2018-07-23). "Women in Vision UK meetings to unite women in vision and eye research". UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- "January Vision Meeting 2023". The Colour Group (GB). 2023-01-04. Retrieved 2024-12-28.