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Benjamin Wolfe

Assistant Professor

University of Toronto Mississauga, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences

BIO

Dr. Benjamin Wolfe is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto Mississauga, where he is a co-Director of the Applied Perception and Psychophysics Laboratory (www.applylab.org). Dr Wolfe's lab works at the intersection of human factors, cognitive psychology and visual perception, studying real-world problems in driving and reading on screens.

 

Dr Wolfe is an expert in visual attention, driver behaviour, autonomous vehicles, eye tracking and peripheral vision, and is regularly consulted by academic colleagues, researchers in industry and policymakers as well as the media.

 

Dr Wolfe's research has been supported by NSERC, the Connaught Fund, Adobe, SSHRC and Transport Canada.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Toronto, Psychology, Mississauga1 Jan 2021 - present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CSAIL, Cambridge, United States1 Sep 2015 - 30 Nov 2020

DEGREES

  • B.A.
    Boston University, Boston, United States
  • Ph.D.
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Associate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries
  • Collaborative projects
  • Industry Projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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