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Prof. Manuel Spitschan

Professional information

Contact

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Organisation

Technical University of Munich

Department

TUM School of Medicine and Health

Job title

Assistant Professor & Max Planck Research Group Leader

Based in

Germany

Languages

English, French, German

Publications

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27272736/

luox: validated reference open-access and open-source web platform for calculating and sharing physiologically relevant quantities for light and lighting

Individual differences and diversity in human physiological responses to light

Societies & organisations

CIE

Daylight interests

Working on daylight in relation to

HumansSociety

Why daylight matters in my work

Daylight and its variation is a natural stimulus to human vision and the circadian system. As a consequence, understanding how daylight varies and how it impacts human physiology and behaviour is critical.

Daylight Academy projects I worked on

The role of daylight for humans, Summer School “Measuring Light and Illumination” (2022), Summer School "Measuring light and illumination" (2024), Can daylight protect children from myopia?, ENLIGHT-Field: Field research extension of the ENLIGHT Checklist and Guidelines for daylight, electric and mixed field research

Good to know about me

I could also have worked as

I would probably be a lighting engineer.

Disciplines

Main discipline

Neuroscience

Other disciplines

Architecture, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, Psychology

Fields of expertise

Chronobiology, Circadian Neuroscience, Photobiology, Vision Science