His research field is cognitive vision, focussing on the integration of computational, neural and behavioral data to understand how the human brain efficiently and effectively process (visual regularities in) natural scenes. He currently undertakes his research in one of four projects awarded in the interdisciplinary and interfaculty university research priority program Brain & Cognition of the UvA. Dr. Ghebreab teaches information, communication and cognition at the master and bachelor levels to UvA students at the Science Faculty and the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He also lectures courses at the AUC, where he founded the Brain & Technology Amsterdam lab (BeTA lab).