Mentors Accepting Students 2023-2024

 

Name Population(s) Methods Topics Additional Information
Bliss-Moreau, Eliza Monkeys Behavioral neuroscience affect, social environment, neurodevelopmental disease Must be MMR and Covid vaccinated and TB free
Bowman, Lindsay Neurotypical infants and young children EEG developmental neuroscience; social cognition; brain-environment interactions
Cingel, Drew Children, adolescents, adults Behavioral and online data Influence of media on human development Looking for someone who has worked with children or is interested in studying children from a social science perspective
Corina, Dave Deaf and hearing children and adults EEG and behavior neurolingustics, american sign language, cochlear implants  
Ferreira, Fernanda Neurotypical adults Eye tracking, behavior, EEG psycholingustics, language production, syntax, disfluent speech  
Frey, Seth People engaged in real-world online activities Online data computational approaches to self-governance, cognitive science of strategic behavior
Geng, Joy Neurotypical adults Eye tracking, behavior, neuroimaging attention, cognitive control, brain and behavior Looking for someone who is interested in virtual reality. Background in design/art or data analysis is preferred.
Gurkoff, Gene Rodents Invasive neurobiology traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, memory, plasticity Student would work with epileptic animals and learn MATLAB programming
Guyer, Amanda Adolescents Neuroimaging adolescent psychopathology  
Henderson, John Neurotypical adults Eye tracking, behavior, neuroimaging vision, attention, cognition  
Hostinar, Camelia Children Behavior, physiology social environment, poverty, stress, and health outcomes  
Huo, Meng  Older adults Behavior, biomarkers empathy, altruism, social relationships, health, gerontology  
Joiner, Wil Neurotypical adults Behavior, robotics learning, robotics and movement. Background in engineering and/or programming preferred
Kim, Tina Rodents Invasive neurobiology motivation, organization of neural circuts, gene expression  
Lin, Jack  Adults with epilepsy Analysis of neural data Brain networks, memory, emotion  
Mangun, Ron Neurotypical adults EEG, behavior, eye tracking, neuroimaging vision, attention, cognition  
Miller, Lee Neurotypical adults EEG, behavior, eye tracking, neuroimaging auditory perception and speech recognition Looking for someone who is interested in EEG and/or behavioral data collection
Morgan, Emily Neurotypical adults Behavior, computational models language, music, programming languages  
Patten, Carolynn Neurotypical adults and stroke patients Behavior, physiology Movement and movement disorders  
Robinson, Steve Neurotypical adults, pilots, astronauts Behavior, robotics Human factors engineering in the context of space flight Looking for second-year student who is interested in aerospace
Sagae, Kenji Computational models Computational modeling computational linguistics, natural language processing, and language technology.  
Stavisky, Sergey  Adults with implanted electrodes Analysis of neural data brain-computer interfaces for people with brain and spinal injuries
Talbott, Meagan Autistic children Behavior gesture and language development, early identification and treatment of ASD, and telehealth approaches to evaluating infant development and treatment efficacy based in Sacramento. remote work available, but in-person preferred
Xue, Yi Rodents Invasive neurobiology Computational optics, optical imaging, biophotonics, brain-computer interfaces, neurotechnology
Yoneda, Tiko Older adults Behavior Role of personality in health and aging