CURRICULUM VITAE (abridged)
Name: Duane G. Albrecht
Birthplace: Berkeley, California
Birthday: August 6, 1948
Home Address: 1419 Newning Avenue
Austin, Texas 78704
(ph: 512-440-0434)
Office Address: Department of Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712
(ph: 512-471-3531)
(e-mail: Albrecht@psyvax.psy.utexas.edu)
Education:
1973 A.B. University of California, Berkeley
Experimental Psychology
Honors with Distinction
1978 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Physiological Psychology
Selected Public and Professional Honors:
1973 Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of California
1973 Honor Student University of California
1973 National Honors Society
1973 Warner Brown Research Excellence Award
University of California, Berkeley
1974 Predoctoral Fellowship
National Institute of Health
1979 Distinguished Community Service Award
City of Austin, Texas
1980 Teaching Excellence Award
National Honor Society in Psychology
1987 Outstanding Community Service Award
State of Texas 70th Legislature
Scientific Research and Professional Positions:
1974 National Institute of Health Predoctoral Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
1978 Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Texas, Austin
1984 Associate Professor of Psychology
University of Texas, Austin
1995 Professor of Psychology
University of Texas, Austin
Recent Scientific Research Grants:
Special Equipment Funds ("start-up")
University of Texas
1978-80, $62,000
Primate Vision Endowment to the University of Texas
Electrophysiological Investigations of the Visual Cortex
1981 - 1994, $291,000 (direct costs).
Project Quest Equipment Grants
Primate Vision Laboratory
1985 - 1987; $95,400 (direct costs).
Texas Advanced Research and Technology Program
Visual Pattern Analysis
1992 - 1994, $110,766 (direct costs, Co-PI with W.S. Geisler).
Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health
Mechanisms of Visual Discrimination
1994-1998; $703,022 (Collaborator with W.S. Geisler)
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Local Spatio-Temporal Analysis in Vision Systems
1993 - 1997, $3,200,000 (Co-PI with W.S. Geisler, et al).
Selected Scientific Publications:
Albrecht, D.G. Analysis of Visual Form: an electrophysiological
investigation of visual information processing. Doctoral Dissertation;
University of California, Berkeley, California. 1978.
De Valois, R.L., Albrecht, D.G. and Thorell, L.G. Cortical cells:
line and edge detectors, or spatial frequency filters? In S. Cool
(ed.) Frontiers of Visual Science. New York: Springer-Verlag.
1978.
Albrecht, D.G., De Valois, R.L. and Thorell, L.G. Visual cortical
neurons: are bars or gratings the optimal stimulus? Science,
207: 88-90. 1980.
Albrecht, D.G. and De Valois, R.L. Striate cortex responses to
periodic patterns with and without the fundamental harmonics.
Journal of Physiology, 319: 497-514. 1981.
De Valois, R.L., Albrecht, D.G. and Thorell, L.G. Spatial frequency
selectivity of cells in macaque visual cortex. Vision Research,
22: 545-559. 1982.
Albrecht, D.G. Recognition of Pattern and Form. (Editor).
New York: Springer-Verlag. 1982.
Albrecht, D.G. Perceptual mechanisms (psychological, biological,
and artificial): an introduction. In Recognition of Pattern
and Form). (ibid.) 1982.
Albrecht, D.G., De Valois, R.L. and Thorell, L.G. Receptive fields
and the optimal stimulus. Science, 216: 204-205.
1982.
Albrecht, D.G. and Hamilton, D.B. Striate cortex of monkey and
cat: Contrast response function. Journal of Neurophysiology,
48: 217-237. 1982.
Albrecht, D.G., Farrar, S.B. and Hamilton, D.B. Spatial contrast
adaptation characteristics of neurones recorded in the cat's visual
cortex. Journal of Physiology, 347: 713-739. 1984.
Thorell, L.G., De Valois, R.L. and Albrecht, D.G. Spatial mapping
of monkey V1 cells with pure color and luminance stimuli. Vision
Research, 24: 751-769. 1984.
Albrecht, D.G. Color vision: Contemporary research and theory.
(Book Review). Contemporary Psychology, 30: 141-142.
1985.
Albrecht, D.G. Visual pattern perception: Analysis or synthesis.
(Book Review). Contemporary Psychology, 30: 944-945.
1985.
De Valois, R.L., Thorell, L.G. and Albrecht, D.G. Periodicity
of striate-cortex-cell receptive fields. Journal of the Optical
Society of America: Optics and Image Science, 2: 1115-1123.
1985.
Hamilton, D.B., Albrecht, D.G., and Geisler, W.S. Visual cortical
receptive fields in monkey and cat: spatial and temporal phase
transfer function. Vision Research, 29: 1285-1308. 1989.
Albrecht, D.G. The retina as a model for brain-behavior relations.
(Book Review). Contemporary Psychology, 30:, 455-457.
1989.
Skottun, B.C., De Valois, R.L., Grosof, D.H., Movshon, J.A., Albrecht,
D.G., and Bonds, A.B. Classifying simple and complex cells on
the basis of response modulation. Vision Research, 31:
1079-1086. 1991.
Geisler, W.S., Albrecht, D.G., Salvi, R.J., and Saunders, S.S.
Discrimination performance of single neurons: rate and temporal-pattern
information. Journal of Neurophysiology, 66: 334-362.
1991.
Albrecht, D.G. and Geisler, W.S. Motion selectivity and the contrast
response function of simple cells in the visual cortex. Visual
Neuroscience, 7: 531-546. 1991.
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Cortical neurons: Isolation of
contrast gain control. Vision Research, 32: 1409-1410.
1992.
Albrecht, D.G. Computational and psychophysical explorations of
vision. (Book Review). Contemporary Psychology, 38:
259-260. 1993.
Albrecht, D.G. and Geisler, W.S. Visual cortex neurons in monkeys
and cats: contrast response nonlinearities and stimulus selectivity.
In T. Lawton (ed.) Computational Vision Based on Neurobiology.
1994.
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Baysian analysis of identification
performance of primate visual cortex neurons: Nonlinear mechanisms
and stimulus certainty. Vision Research, 35: 2723-2730.
1995.
Albrecht, D.G. Visual cortex neurons in monkeys and cats: Effect
of contrast on the spatial and temporal phase transfer function.
Visual Neuroscience, 12: 1191-1210. 1995
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Visual Cortex Neurons in Monkeys
and Cats: Detection, Discrimination and Identification. Visual
Neuroscience, 14: 897-920. 1997.
Selected Published Abstracts:
Thorell, L.G., Albrecht, D.G. and De Valois, R.L. Spatial tuning
properties of macaque cortical cells to pure color and luminance
stimuli. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science, Suppl.
1978.
Albrecht, D.G. Analysis of Visual Form: an electrophysiological
investigation of visual information processing. Dissertation Abstracts,
XL:2. 1979.
Albrecht, D.G., Thorell, L.G. and De Valois, R.L. Temporal frequency
tuning of simple and complex cells in the visual cortex of monkeys
and cats. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science, Suppl.
1979.
Albrecht, D.G., Thorell, L.G. and De Valois, R.L. Spatial and
temporal properties of receptive fields in monkey and cat visual
cortex. Society for Neuroscience, Vol. 5, 1979.
Thorell, L.G., Albrecht, D.G. and De Valois, R.L. Functional properties
of color cells in monkey striate cortex. Invest. Ophthal. &
Visual Science, Suppl. 1979.
Albrecht, D.G. and De Valois, R.L. Striate cortex responses to
periodic patterns with and without the fundamental harmonics.
Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science, 20: 3, 1981.
Albrecht, D.G. and Hamilton, D.B. Visual cortex of monkey and
cat: the contrast response function. Optical Society of America,
Suppl. 1981.
Albrecht, D.G., Farrar, S. and Hamilton, D.B. Striate cortex contrast
adaptation. Society for Neurosciences, Vol. 8, 1982.
Albrecht, D.G. and Hamilton, D.B. Striate cortex of monkey and
cat: contrast response function. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual
Science, 22: 3, 1982.
Albrecht, D.G., Hamilton, D.B. and Farrar, S.B. Spatial contrast
adaptation characteristics of striate cortex neurons. Invest.
Ophthal. & Visual Science, 24: 3, 1983.
Sorenson, P.F., Geisler, W., Hamilton, D.B. and Albrecht, D.G.
Displacement threshold as a function of grating height and spatial
frequency. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science, 25:
3, 1984.
De Valois, R.L., Webster, M., Thorell, L.G. and Albrecht, D.G.
Two-dimensional RF structure of cat and monkey striate cortex
cells. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science, 25: 3,
1984.
Hamilton, D.B., Albrecht, D.G. and Geisler, W.S. Receptive field
organization of visual cortical neurons in monkey and cat: the
phase and amplitude transfer functions. Invest. Ophthal. &
Visual Science, 26: 3, 1985.
Sorenson, P.F., Hamilton, D.B. and Albrecht, D.G. Human sensitivity
to spatial phase in simple and compound grating stimuli. Invest.
Ophthal. & Visual Science, 26: 3, 1985.
Hamilton, D.B., Vu, E. and Albrecht, D.G. Response variability
of neurons recorded from the visual cortex of monkey and cat.
Society for Neurosciences, Vol. 11, 1985.
Hamilton, D.B., Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Analysis of the
differences between striate cell responses and their current modeling:
Do the differences really matter? Optical Society of America,
Suppl. 1985.
Albrecht, D.G. and Geisler, W.S. Motion sensitivity of visual
cortex simple cells: Linear quadrature summation and the effects
of the contrast response function. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual
Science, 32: 4, 1991.
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Contrast gain, linear summation,
response exponent: A three stage model for visual cortex simple
cells. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science, 32: 4,
1991.
Albrecht, D.G. Contrast nonlinearities and the stimulus selectivity
of cortical neurons. Optical Society of America, Technical
Digest Series, 17: 152. 1991.
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Cortical neurons: isolation of
contrast gain control. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science,
33: 4, 1992.
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Baysian analysis of identification
performance of primate visual cortex neurons: Nonlinear mechanisms
and stimulus certainty. Invest. Ophthal. & Visual Science,
36: 4 1995.
Seay, C.A., Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. A neuron sampling
model of spatial vision. (1996). Investigative Ophthalmology
& Visual Science Supplement. 37: S954.
Geisler, W.S. and Albrecht, D.G. Identification performance of
neurons in monkey visual cortex for simple and complex images.
(1997). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science Supplement.
37: S734.
Frazor, R.A., Albrecht, D.G., Geisler, W.S. and
Response of V1 neurons during intervals. (1997). Investigative
Ophthalmology & Visual Science Supplement. (ARVO) 38/4,
S15. (with R.A. Frazor., W.S. Geisler, and A.M. Crane)
Professional Society Memberships (past five years)
Society for Neurosciences
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Optical Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
New York Academy of Sciences
American Museum of Natural History
European Brain Behavior Society
British Brain Research Association
Sigma Xi
Teaching Responsibilities (past five years)
Undergraduate
Graduate
Biological Psychology ("Core-Proseminar")
Visual Perception (Topical Seminar)
Professional Service (past five years)
Editorial Board: Visual Neuroscience
Reviewer & Referee for Research Journals:
Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology,
Nature, Science, Vision Research, Perception, Visual Neuroscience
Experimental Brain Research, Journal of Neuroscience and others.
Reviewer & Referee for research granting agencies:
National Science Foundation,
National Institute of Health,
Sloan Foundation, and others.
Undergraduate Advisor in Psychology
Assistant Graduate Advisor in Psychology
Public and Community Service (past five years)
Board of Directors
Heritage Society of Austin, First Vice President
Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts
Contributing Member of:
University of Texas Chancellor's Council
University of Texas Liberal Arts Foundation
University of Texas Performing Arts Center
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery
Austin Natural Science Association
Austin Symphony
Austin Civic Ballet
Austin Heritage Society
Austin Steam Train Association
Austin Humane Society
National Trust for Historic Preservation
W.H. Passon Historical Society
Paramount Theatre for the Performing Arts
Discovery Hall
Saint Andrews School Development Fund
Laguna Gloria Art Museum
Elizabet Ney Museum
Saint Davids Health Care Foundation