Professor Jac Billington

Profile

I am a neuroscientist specialising in visual perception, decision-making, and road-user safety. My research investigates how people extract and respond to visual information in dynamic environments, using techniques such as EEG, fMRI, eye-tracking, psychophysics, and immersive virtual reality.

I take an interdisciplinary approach to my work, with a strong emphasis on real-world impact and stakeholder collaboration. My research has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust, EPSRC, NIHR, and the White Rose Consortium.

Responsibilities

• Deputy Head of School
• Athena SWAN lead

Research interests

My recent projects include:

• Leverhulme Fellowship (PI)

To see or not to see: Camouflage and human process of detection: Using computational methods to simulate this evolutionary process in the context of considering why human observers sometimes fail to detect objects which pose a threat in a variety of environments.

• EPSRC Project Grant:

COMMOTIONS: Computational Models of Traffic Interactions for Testing of Automated Vehicles

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Psychology: Durham University
• PhD Neuroscience: University of Cambridge

Professional memberships

• Member of the Experimental Psychology Society

Student education

I currently teach on:

• Major Project
• Systematic Review

I currently supervise the following PhD students:

• Alice Wardle
• Aylin Aydogdu Delibay
• Matea Ćelić

Research groups and institutes

• Cognitive Neuroimaging

Current postgraduate researchers

• Shaista Meer