Name | Population(s) | Methods | Topics | Additional Information |
Bliss-Moreau, Eliza | Monkeys | Invasive neurobiology | affect, social environment, neurodevelopmental disease | All lab work will be M-F, 8:30-5 |
Boorman, Erie | Neurotypical adults | Neuroimaging | Neural basis of learning and decision-making | |
Caporale, Natalia | College students | Sociological data | impact of Chicanx Studies and academic probation on STEM students | |
Chen, Xiaomo | Monkeys | Invasive neurobiology, EEG, eye tracking | Neural basis of attention and cognitive control | |
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 | |
Fioravante, Diasynou | mice | electrophysiology, neuroanatomy | neural circuits for learning, memory and motivated behavior | comfortable working with rodents and a strong interest in brain neurobiology a must; good quantitative/analytical background, manual dexterity and good hand-eye coordination highly preferred |
Frey, Seth | People engaged in real-world online activities | Online data | computational approaches to self-governance, cognitive science of strategic behavior | |
Ghetti, Simona | Neurotypical children | Behavior, neuroimaging | Development of memory | |
Graf Estes, Katie | Infants and young children | Behavior | language development, bilingualism, developmental psychology | Spanish knowledge is a plus. And likes children. |
Gurkoff, Gene | Rodents | Invasive neurobiology | traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, memory, plasticity | Note from 2023: Student would work with epileptic animals and learn MATLAB programming |
Hastings, Paul | Children | Behavior, physiology | Social and emotional development | "if there's someone who would be a good fit with one of my international projects" |
Hibel, Jacob | Immigrant children and adults | Sociological data | education policy; inequality; computational text analysis | |
Huo, Meng | Older adults | Behavior, biomarkers | empathy, altruism, social relationships, health, gerontology | It would be great if the student was in particular interested in gerontology or even better, had some experience working with older adults. |
Jasbi, Masoud | Neurotypical adults and children | Behavior, computational models | The Development of Logical Thought and Language, Comprehension of Logical Language in Children and Adults, Computational Models of Human Language Learning | Preliminary Knowledge of R/Python and Github preferred but not necessary, Background in Data Analysis or Natural Language Processing is helpful |
Joiner, Wil | Neurotypical adults | Behavior, robotics | learning, robotics and movement. | Some programming background necessary (in any language) |
Lin, Jack | Adults with epilepsy | Analysis of neural data | Brain networks, memory, emotion | |
Liu, Siwei | Statistical models | Statistical modeling of behavioral data | methods to analyze longitudinal data and their applications in developmental and health psychology | |
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 a student with exceptional computational/programming or mathematical skills, and an interest in applying those to real-world devices and diagnostics |
Morgan, Emily | Neurotypical adults | Behavior, computational models | language, music, programming languages | |
Olichney, John | Adults with dementia | EEG, neuroimaging | Aging and dementia | would prefer a 2nd year student |
Patten, Carolynn | Neurotypical adults and stroke patients | Behavior, physiology | Movement and movement disorders | |
Ranganath, Charan | Neurotypical adults | Neuroimaging, EEG, behavior | Neural basis of memory | Looking for someone who knows how to code or is interested in learning |
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 spaceflight research |
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. Must be able to come in person at least one day a week. See note for more info. |
Wiltgen, Brian | Rodents | Invasive neurobiology | Neurobiology of learning and memory | |
Yoneda, Tiko | Older adults | Behavior | Role of personality in health and aging |