Christine Mohr, Ph.D., and Domicele Jonauskaite, Ph.D.

Christine Mohr, Ph.D., is a full Professor for Cognitive Psychology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. She graduated with a Psychology degree from the University of Konstanz, Germany. Subsequently she completed her PhD at the Institute of Psychology at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. After postdoctoral studies in Geneva, Switzerland and Edmonton, Canada, she continued her academic career as a lecturer and later senior lecturer at Bristol University, UK. Now in Lausanne, she focuses on two major research lines: 1) colour psychology with a particular interest in the relationship between colour and affect, and 2) cognitive and affective factors in adult belief and its formation. By today, she has contributed to over 130 peer-reviewed research contributions.

Domicele Jonauskaite, Ph.D., is a senior researcher at the University of Vienna in Austria. Her research focus is on cognitive and affective connotations of colour across cultures and individuals. More recently, she has expanded her research to aesthetics and art. D. Jonauskaite obtained her Ph.D. degree from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Previously, D. Jonauskaite earned her BSc degree in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and MSc degree in Neuroscience at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She is a co-founder of the Colour Experience platform designed to disseminate scientifically validated empirical research on psychological effects of colour. Since 2015, she has contributed to 20 peer-reviewed research contributions, and growing.