Janice Nerger Dean, Professor

Office: Statistics Building 117

Phone: (970) 491-1300

About

Professor Janice L. Nerger was appointed Dean of Natural Sciences in 2010. She received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 1988. After a two-year postdoctoral research appointment at NASA/Ames Research Center at Moffett Field and the Stanford Research Institute, CA, she joined the faculty at Colorado State in 1990 becoming a full professor in 2002. Nerger is internationally recognized for her research on human vision, in particular on the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying color perception. She is also a faculty member in the Molecular Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences Program at CSU and led the Behavioral Neurosciences program for five years. She is a strong advocate for diversity, particularly for women in science, and is the co-founder for the Women in Natural Sciences organization at CSU. Nerger was also instrumental in co-founding the CSUSTEM Center, recently created to address science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education across the country. During Nerger’s tenure at Colorado State she has held such administrative appointments as Associate and Acting Chair of the Department of Psychology and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Interim Dean of the College of Natural Sciences. Read more here.

Publications

  • Supersaturation in the peripheral retina.Jamie K. Opper, Nathaniel D. Douda, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 4, 2014.
  • Color appearance at ±10° along the vertical and horizontal meridians.Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 2, 2012.
  • Middle- and long-wavelength discrimination declines with rod photopigment regeneration. Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger, Armando R. Trujillo Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 12, 2011.
  • Unique hue loci differ with methodologyVicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger, Lucinda S. Baker, Armando R. Trujillo, Katie Youngpeter Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 5, 2010.
  • Chromatic perceptive field sizes measured at 10° eccentricity along the horizontal and vertical meridiansVicki J. Volbrecht, Cynthia L. Clark, Janice L. Nerger, Chrislyn E. Randell Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 2009.
  • Chromatic perceptive field sizes change with retinal illuminance.Michael A. Pitts, Lucy J. Troup, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Journal of Vision, 2005.
  • Effect of stimulus intensity on the sizes of chromatic perceptive fields. Lucy J. Troup, Michael A. Pitts, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 2005.
  • Effect of stimulus intensity on the sizes of chromatic perceptive fields.Lucy J. Troup, M A. Pitts, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision, 10, 2005.
  • Chromatic perceptive field sizes change with retinal illuminance.M A. Pitts, Lucy J. Troup, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Journal of vision, 5, 2005.
  • A new look at the Bezold-Brücke hue shift in the peripheral retina.Sheila M. Imhoff, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger Vision Research/Elsevier, 2004.
  • The influence of rods on color naming during dark adaptation. Janice L. Nerger, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Kristin A. Haase Normal and Defective Color Vision, 2003.
  • Effect of the short-wavelength-sensitive-cone mosaic and rods on the locus of unique greenVicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger, Sheila M. Imhoff, Corey J. Ayde Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 2000.
  • Effect of S-cone mosaic and rods on red/green equilibria.Janice L. Nerger, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Corey J. Ayde Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 1998.
  • The bimodality of unique green revisited. Vicki J. Volbrecht, Janice L. Nerger, Chrislyn E. Harlow Vision Research/Elsevier, 1997.
  • Unique hue judgments as a function of test size in the fovea and at 20-deg temporal eccentricityJanice L. Nerger, Vicki J. Volbrecht, Corey J. Ayde Journal of the Optical Society A/Optical Society, 1995.