George Mather

George Mather is Honorary Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Sussex, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Lincoln, UK. He received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Sheffield University, UK, in 1976 and a PhD in visual perception from Reading University, UK, in 1979. He held research positions at Reading University, UK, York University, Canada, and University College London, before being appointed to a lectureship at the University of Sussex in 1984. He has held an academic post at Sussex for most of his academic career since then, apart from a period as Professor at Lincoln.

George has published about seventy papers in scientific journals, seven books and ten book chapters. He has served on the editorial board of several journals including "Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B" and "Perception/i-Perception". His interests include visual art, motorcycles and football.