Professor Alex Holcombe is a Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. He earned a PhD in Psychology from Harvard University in 2000 and a BA in Psychology and Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia in 1995. Holcombe joined the University of Sydney in 2006 as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and Senior Lecturer. He advanced to Associate Professor from 2012 to 2017 and has served as Professor since 2018. His research investigates the dynamics of visual perception and attention, including motion-position illusions, perceptual motion extrapolation, visual working memory, object tracking, the attentional blink, motion perception, and tactile motion aftereffects. He also explores cognitive bottlenecks in processing letters and words.

Beyond empirical studies, Holcombe contributes significantly to meta-science and open practices. He advocates for transparency, data sharing, open access publishing, and reproducible research. He serves on the board of the open-access journal PLOS ONE and has developed tools like Tenzing to enhance research efficiency. Holcombe has contributed to the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), including its translations into non-English languages. Key publications include 'Seeing slow and seeing fast: two limits on perception' in Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2009), 'Ad hominem rhetoric in scientific psychology' in the British Journal of Psychology (2022), and the book 'Attending to Moving Objects' (2023). He has received ARC funding, such as for perceiving and tracking moving objects. With over 3,200 citations on ResearchGate, his work influences perceptual psychology and scientific reform. Holcombe engages publicly through articles on The Conversation covering visual illusions, replication issues, and open science.

Professional Email: alex.holcombe@sydney.edu.au