Fred W Mast

I was born and raised in Wil (Eastern Switzerland). I studied Psychology, Philosophy and Neurophysiology at the University of Zürich where I also obtained my PhD. I taught Perception, Cognition, Psychophysics and Neuroscience at the University of Zürich and at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ). In 1998 I moved to the US and became a Research Associate at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. At the same time I have had a part-time appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A professorship from the Swiss National Science Foundation ("Förderungsprofessur") made me return to Switzerland and I have joined the Faculty of Arts at the University of Zürich. I obtained my Habilitation ("venia legendi") in 2003 and became full professor ("professeur ordinaire") for Cognitive Psychology at the University of Lausanne (2005-2008). I was responsible coordinator for "Cognitive Psychology" at the "Collège des Humanités", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2008 I am full professor at the University of Bern where I am directing the newly founded section "Cognitive Psychology, Perception, and Research Methods". My research focuses on  mental imagery, sensorimotor processing, and visual perception, and it is regularly funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (see research projects for more information). I served as Head of Department and Dean of the Human Sciences Faculty at the University of Bern.
Supervisors: Stephen Kosslyn (Harvard University) and Norbert Bischof (University of Zurich)
Phone: 0041796206528