Katharina Dobs
Lab Director
Katha leads this group of fantastic people since October 2020. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT where she worked with Nancy Kanwisher. During her first Postdoc at CNRS-CerCo she worked with Leila Reddy and Weiji Ma. She completed her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics under the supervision of Isabelle Bülthoff, Johannes Schultz and Justin Gardner. Katha’s passion lies in exploring the intersections of AI and neuroscience to unlock the mysteries of the brain.
If she’s not doing science, Katha loves traveling, despite the Munich to Giessen commute, and spending time with her family, her three kids and friends.
Email
katharina.dobs@uni-giessen.de
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Research
Publications
Quantifying Dynamic Facial Motion Using Parametrically Controlled Photorealistic Avatars
Nizamoglu, H., Dobs, K.
PsyArXiv
(2025).
Diverse Visual Experience Promotes Integrated Representations and Mitigates Bias in Deep Neural Networks for Face Perception
Akbari, E., Dobs, K.
bioRxiv
(2025).
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Invariant Face Representations in the Human Brain
Giri, A., Smith, G., Manting, C., Dobs, K., Adler, A., Pantazis, D.
bioRxiv
(2025).
Multidimensional feature tuning in category-selective areas of human visual cortex
van Dyck, L. E., Hebart, M.*, Dobs, K.*
bioRxiv
(2025).
Human-like face pareidolia emerges in deep neural networks optimized for face and object recognition
Gupta, P., Dobs, K.
PLOS Computational Biology 21(1)
(2025).
Behavioral signatures of face perception emerge in deep neural network optimized for face recognition
Dobs, K., Yuan, J., Martinez, J., & Kanwisher, N.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: USA 120(32)
(2023).
Brain-like functional specialization emerges spontaneously in deep neural networks
Dobs, K., Martinez, J., Kell, A., & Kanwisher, N.
Science Advances 8(11)
(2022).
How face perception unfolds over time
Dobs, K., Isik, L., Pantazis, D., & Kanwisher, N.
Nature Communications 10
(2019).
Task-dependent enhancement of facial expression and identity representations in human cortex
Dobs, K., Schultz, J., Bülthoff, I., & Gardner, J. L.
NeuroImage 172:689-702
(2018).
Use and usefulness of dynamic face stimuli for face perception studies – a review of behavioral findings and methodology
Dobs, K., Bülthoff, I., & Schultz, J.
Frontiers in Psychology 9
(2018).
Near-optimal integration of facial form and motion
Dobs, K., Ma, W. J., & Reddy, L.
Scientific Reports 7
(2017).
Identity information content depends on the type of facial movement
Dobs, K., Bülthoff, I., & Schultz, J.
Scientific Reports 6
(2016).
Quantifying human sensitivity to spatio-temporal information in dynamic faces
Dobs, K., Bülthoff, I., Breidt, M., Vuong, Q. C., Curio, C., & Schultz, J.
Vision Research 100
(2014).
Posters
Email
katharina.dobs@uni-giessen.de
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