Category: New people in the lab

Posted on

Welcome to our newest undergraduate RA’s, Jessie, Trevor, and Dahlia

Jessie Gregson-Williams

Jessie Gregson-Williams

Jessie is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon majoring in psychology and minoring in sociology and legal studies. She is interested in social psychology and cognitive psychology, and hopes to attend either graduate or law school one day.

 

Trevor Bissert

Trevor Bissert

Trevor is a Psychology major with a business minor and a physics minor. He hopes to someday become an astronaut by doing research for NASA’s human behavior research program studying the neuropsychological effects of long term space travel as well as effects of personality dynamics and isolation on mental illness. After graduating from UO, he plans to enter into a PhD program for Clinical Psychology.

 

Dahlia Razif

Dahlia Razif

Dahlia is an undergraduate student majoring in human physiology, psychology and finance with a minor in economics. Originally from Malaysia, she moved to Oregon to pursue her higher education. She has a strong interest in cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology and plans to focus her research on psychopathologies such as mood and personality disorders. She has an inclination towards studies involving bipolar disorder (BD) and wants to concentrate her future research in the neural mechanisms of BD alongside structural and physiological brain differences in BD patients.

After her undergraduate education, she wishes to complete her Master of Business Administration (MBA), hopefully pursue a medical degree (MD) with specialization in neurology and eventually complete her PhD in neuroscience. In her free time, she enjoys painting, reading and playing video games!

Posted on

Meet our new RA, Kiana


Kiana is a sophomore at the University of Oregon majoring in human physiology and minoring in psychology & chemistry. She is interested in developmental psychology and behavioral neuroscience, and is considering applying these interests to a career in pediatric occupational therapy.
Posted on

Annie, Katelyn, and Madeleine joined our lab

Annie Rian

Annie Rian

Annie is an undergraduate psychology major in her final year. She’s interested in the effects of traumatic stress on the brain, and plans to work as a therapist specializing in PTSD in combat vets.

 

Katelyn Schroeder

Katelyn Schroeder

Katelyn is a senior at the University of Oregon, majoring in psychology and minoring in business administration. Her interests include cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology, specifically relating to early intervention for childhood trauma. She plans to attend graduate school after finishing undergrad.

 

Madeleine Eustis

Madeleine Eustis

Madeleine is a student at the University of Oregon and is majoring in psychology and minoring in women’s gender and sexuality studies. She interested in developmental neuroscience and how memory relates to culture.

Posted on

Ben, our new graduate student!


Ben received his B.A. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He worked in the UIC Memory Lab as a Research Assistant studying memory and future thinking with Dr. Karl Szpunar. He joined the Brain and Memory Lab in the fall of 2019. His primary research interests are in memory and consciousness, specifically studying the neural mechanisms that enable memory integration and complex memory formation.
Posted on

Meet our high school intern, Oliver!


Oliver is a student at South Eugene High School. He is currently interested in learning more about neuroscience and memories in the brain, and hopes to go into a science or technology related field.
Posted on

Meet our new RAs!

Meghan, Celina, Ray, and Riley are our new research assistants. We’re happy to welcome them to the BAM Lab!

 

Meghan Buchanan

Meghan Buchanan

Meghan is a first-year student at University of Oregon majoring in psychology and minoring in music studies. Her main interests are neuroanatomy as it relates to disorders and music’s affect on the brain. She plans to travel and attend graduate school after attaining her bachelor’s degree.

 

Celina Maldonado

Celina Maldonado

Celina is majoring in psychology and linguistics with a minor in chemistry. Her primary interest is neuroscience. She’s still deciding between going to medical school or graduate school after she graduates.

 

Ray Jackson

Ray Jackson

Ray is a psychology major with an emphasis in cognitive neuroscience. Her main interests are attention and memory, including Alzheimers and ADHD research. In her free time, Ray is a professional juggler and circus artist.

 

Riley Christensen

Riley Christensen

Riley is a psychology major at the University of Oregon and is in his junior year. He is particularly interested in cognitive neuroscience and intends on attending graduate school in Sweden after getting his degree next spring.

 

Posted on

Louis just joined our lab!

Louis Kerner

Louis is a post baccalaureate student who is studying chemistry at the University of Oregon. He is a student veteran, and his first degree is in Social Science from Western Oregon University. His primary goal is going to medical school specializing in primary care.

Posted on

Meet Sara, our new SPUR student

Sara is our new SPUR student. She will spend the summer with us! She is currently completing her B.A. in psychology at California State University, Fullerton. She is a scholar in the Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program, and works in the vision lab of Dr. Eriko Self in the Department of Psychology. She is investigating the effects of normal aging on attention, specifically top-down and bottom-up controls of attention. She hopes to obtain her PhD. in cognitive psychology and study memory formation, particularly the construction of false memories.

Posted on

Wen and Takako joined our lab

Two new research assistants just joined our lab. They will be helping with preparing and running experiments as well as with data analysis. We are glad to have them!

Takako Iwashita

Takako Iwashita

Takako Iwashita an undergraduate student majoring in psychology. Before transferring to the University of Oregon, she was majoring in psychology and communication studies at a community college. Her primary interest is cognitive neuroscience. She is especially interested in the relationship between culture and the brain.

 

Wenjia Cao

Wenjia Cao

Wen is a biology major with neuroscience emphasis. Her goal is to accomplish her genuine wish that no one should be psychologically trapped or hidden behind this beautiful world. She currently is still trying to explore more about neuroscience field.

 

Posted on

Welcome Max and Chris!

Max and Chris are now part of our team. They will help us with experiment preparation and data collection. Here is some info about them:

Max Hills
Max is a senior at the University of Oregon. He’s majoring in biology with an emphasis on neuroscience and behavior. Next year he plans on attending graduate school to study computational approaches to cognitive neuroscience. He is interested in the neurobiological underpinnings of the human capacity to revise one’s beliefs and opinions when confronted with new evidence or new arguments, and how this capacity changes over the course of human life.
Christopher Majcher
Native Chicagoian with an affinity for the outdoors, rock climbing, and reading, Christopher enjoys traveling, performing and attending music shows in his free time as well as learning more about the sciences.