04-05-2026 - José Alexandre Monteiro successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Artificial Intelligence applied to color perception". Congratulations to the new Doctor em Optometry and Vision Sciences.

20-01-2026 - Dora Marques successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Environmental spectral statistics and brain plasticity – testing hypotheses about the mysterious vision of X-linked forms of colour vision deficiencies". Congratulations to the new Doctor em Optometry and Vision Sciences.

02-12-2024  - Andreia Gomes successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Spectral tuning of lighting and optical filters for optimal viewing of human skin". Congratulations to the new Doctor em Optometry and Vision Sciences.

09-2024 - The Colour Science Lab started is collaboration in the European Project - "Horizon Europe Project: VISION – Colour vision requirements in the new full glass cockpit environment and modern ATCO consoles". The Colour Science Lab is helping assessing the suitability of current colour vision requirements for pilots and ATCOs in modern working environments.

06-12-2023 - Patrícia Oliveira successfully defended her master's thesis entitled "Color preference for simple and complex compositions." Congratulations to the new Master in Advanced Optometry. 

03-07-2023 -  Patrícia Oliveira started her research grant at the Exploratory Research Project "Color Vision Test supported by neural networks" - EXPL/FIS-OUT/0398/2021 - funded by the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.

26-06-2023 - Sara Lima successfully defended her master's thesis entitled "The influence of the rotation of human faces in their colour perception." Congratulations to the new Master in Advanced Optometry. 

26-06-2023 - Cátia Magalhães successfully defended her master's thesis entitled "The influence of the screen and environmental illumination conditions in the color perception of objects." Congratulations to the new Master in Advanced Optometry. 

03-10-2022 - Sara Lima started her MSc grant at the Exploratory Research Project "Color Vision Test supported by neural networks" - EXPL/FIS-OUT/0398/2021 - funded by the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.

30-09-2022 - The Colour Science Laboratory attended the European Researchers' Night, a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways.

08-06-2021 - Paulo Jorge Alves started his MSc grant at the Exploratory Research Project "Color Vision Test supported by neural networks" - EXPL/FIS-OUT/0398/2021 - funded by the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.

01-11-2021 - The Exploratory Research Project "Color Vision Test supported by neural networks" - EXPL/FIS-OUT/0398/2021 - was selected for funding by the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.

01-11-2021 - Sara Lima started her MSc dissertation in "The influence of the rotation of human faces in their colour perception." as a student in the Master in Advanced Optometry.

01-11-2021 - Cátia Magalhães started her MSc dissertation in "The influence of the screen and environmental illumination conditions in the color perception of objects" as a student in the Master in Advanced Optometry.

01-10-2021 - Patrícia Oliveira started her MSc as a student in the Master in Advanced Optometry with particular interest in color vision.

01-09-2021 - José Alexandre Monteiro started his PhD in "Artificial intelligence applied to color perception"  after securing an FCT research grant.

01-02-2021 - Dora Marques started her PhD in "Environmental spectral statistics and brain plasticity – testing hypotheses about the mysterious vision of X-linked forms of colour vision deficiencies" after securing an FCT research grant. 

01-10-2020 - Andreia Ribeiro started her MSc dissertation  in "Memory influence in selecting the colour of different objects" as a student in the Master in Advance Optometry. 

01-05-2020 - Andreia Gomes started her PhD in "Tuning illumination and colored optical filters for optimal viewing of human skin" after securing an FCT research grant.