Post-doctoral researcher:
Caitlin Bowman, Ph.D.
Caitlin received her PhD from Penn State in 2015 working in the Cognitive Aging and Neuroimaging Lab with Dr. Nancy Dennis. She joined the Brain and Memory Lab in 2015 to pursue her interest in understanding the neural mechanisms of learning and memory. Her graduate work focused on the neural mechanisms of false memories as well as strategies for improving memory precision. Her goal as a postdoctoral researcher is to understand the roles of both generalization and precision in adaptive memory function and how each changes with advanced age.
Graduate Student:
Taylor Guthrie
Taylor received a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He worked with Dr. Joel Snyder in an auditory perception lab that studied participants’ ability to detect changes in their auditory environments and also worked with Dr. Jefferson Kinney in a behavioral neuroscience lab that looked at molecular links to schizophrenia. He joined the Brain and Memory lab as a Master’s student in the Fall 2017. His current research interests are in uncovering the mechanisms that allow for emotion to influence the formation and retention of memories and how the access of old memories enables us to engage in the process of inferential reasoning.
Stefania Ashby, Ph.D.
Stefania is a graduate student in the lab. She received her B.S. in Psychology from Brigham Young University in 2011 where she worked with Dr. Brock Kirwan studying the role of the hippocampus in memory and imagination. From 2012-2015 she worked as a research associate at UC Davis with Dr. Cameron Carter and Dr. Tara Niendam studying cognitive control and reactive aggression in early psychosis. She joined the Brain and Memory Lab in Fall 2015. Her current research interests are in examining the neural mechanisms behind learning, memory, emotional processing, as well as the interactions between memory and emotional processing. She is also interested in neurofeedback techniques such as real-time fMRI, and how they could be used to improve memory performance.
Lea Frank, Ph.D.
Lea received a B.A. in Psychology from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. She joined the Brain and Memory Lab as a master’s student in the Fall of 2016. Her main focus is studying the neural basis of various cognitive functions, particularly memory, using neuroimaging. She is also interested in tracking the structural and functional neuroplastic changes of cognitive function in neuropathology.
Master Student:
Yihua Lee
Yihua received B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She joined the Brain and Memory Lab as a master’s student in Fall 2022. Her main research interests are memory function and memory integration mechanisms.
Lab Manager:
Min Zhang
Min graduated from University of Oregon with psychology major and multimedia minor. She is interested in the cognitive control and it’s realtionship with clinical psychology.
Meghan Buchanan
Meghan graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in psychology. Her main interests are in mental illness prevention and intervention through counseling psychology. She is also particularly interested in the experience of suicidal ideation in college students.
Takako Iwashita
Takako graduated from the University of Oregon with a departmental honor in psychology. Her primary interest is cognitive neuroscience and culture. She is also interested in helping refugee children with trauma.
Alexandra de Araujo
Alex completed a graduate degree in Mathematics and computer sciences and is now a student in social work, clinical track. Passionate about cognitive-neurosciences, she is particularly interested in visual perception, reference frames, and category learning.
Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Jo Downing
Jo was a current undergraduate student at University of Oregon double majoring in Human Physiology and Neuroscience, with plans to complete a minor in Biomedical Engineering. He has interests in motor skill learning / rehabilitation, memory encoding, and memory recall in patients who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. He has aspired to enter graduate school programs but will exercise gap years to travel and hopefully hike the Pacific Crest Trail. On his free time Jo likes to be recreational active including cycling and backpacking, cooking classic recipes from scratch with gluten free ingredients, and river plunging in the McKenzie river.
Abigail Phillips
Abigail was an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology and minoring in Food Studies. She is interested in many aspects of both child and adult cognition but look to pursue nutritional psychiatry mainly. In the future, she hope to gain a masters or PhD in Clinical Psychology with specializations in nutrition and children.
Mia Matheson
Mia was a Psychology major with a French minor. She is interested in studying memory, psychology memory disorders, and sleep and dreaming.
Leah Hall
Leah was an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon majoring in Psychology with a minor in Spanish and Sociology. She is always excited to learn about memory and hopes to pursue graduate education as well as continue to research after graduation. She also loves to play frisbee and listen to the soundtracks of musicals.
Yunrui Chenault
Yunrui is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon majoring in Neuroscience and Chinese. She is interested in computational and cognitive neuroscience and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in either of those fields. Her goal is to have a career where she can conduct research, and travel around the world.
Lynn Nashawi
Lynn graduated from the University of Oregon with a double major in Psychology and Neuroscience. Her interests include learning and decision-making, and how they differ among clinical populations. She plans to attend graduate school in clinical psychology, and later work as a neuropsychologist.
Daniella Carballo
Daniella is a neuroscience major with a minor in Biology. She is interested in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, as well as mental illnesses and degenerative disorders. She aims to go into clinical neuroscience after graduation or becoming a medical researcher.
Daysia Jenkins
Daysia is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon. She is majoring in Neuroscience with minors in both Chemistry and Psychology. After graduating, Daysia hopes to attend OHSU to become a physician assistant. Her goal is to further investigate areas of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience while providing interpersonal, specialized care to her future patients.
Hannah Yaginuma-Nute
Will Thronton
Will is student at UO majoring in psychology and minoring in Spanish. He is interested in cognitive and behavioral psychology, and mental health. In the future I want to pursue graduate studies in sports and performance psychology.
Kaythlin Yuswardy
Kaythlin is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon majoring in neuroscience and minoring in biology and Chinese, while also enrolled in the Chinese Flagship Program. She is interested in cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, and developmental psychology. In the future, she is interested in pursuing graduate studies in biomedical engineering. She hopes to incorporate her studies in Chinese Mandarin in her profession to bridge the gap between Chinese and English language speakers who seek access to medical information.
Charlie Cain
Charlie is an undergraduate student at the University of Oregon majoring in Psychology. He is interested in studying memory, personality, social dynamics, and computational methods in Psychology.
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.
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.
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.
Kiana Sagon
Kiana is an undergraduate student 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.
Annie Rian
Annie graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in psychology. 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 graduated from 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.
Celina Maldonado
Celina graduated from the University of Oregon, majoring in psychology and linguistics with a minor in chemistry. Her primary interest is neuroscience. She decided to pursue either medical school or graduate school after graduating.
Ray Jackson
Ray graduated from the University of Oregon as 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.
Melissa Adler
Melissa graduated from the University of Oregon as a human physiology major and chemistry minor in the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Her main interests include neuroanatomy and behavioral neuroscience. After graduation, she is planning on attending medical school to become a neurosurgeon.
Rennie Kendrick
Rennie graduated from the University of Oregon, majoring in biology and psychology. She is particularly interested in cognitive neuroscience, and plans to conduct research on learning and memory as a career.
Riley Christensen
Riley graduated from the University of Oregon as a psychology major. He is particularly interested in cognitive neuroscience and intends on attending graduate school in Sweden after getting his degree.
Louis Kerner
Louis was a post baccalaureate student 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.
Jack Kapustka
Jack was a psychology and sociology major here at the University of Oregon. His primary interests and goals include developing a more integrative approach to psychotherapy, organizational leadership, and neurosociology.
Shijing Zhou
Shijing was an undergraduate student majoring in Japanese and Psychology with primary interest in clinical psychology and behavioral neuroscience. She is thinking about either going to graduate school or medical school after graduation and currently is exploring various fields of psychology to try to find the research and career that are perfect for her.
Christopher Majcher
Native Chicagoan 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.
Wenjia Cao
Wen was 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.
Zora Rose
Zora was a Psychology and Philosophy major at the University of Oregon. Her interests lie in the fields of Counseling Psychology, Existential and Philosophy/Psychotherapy, Mindfulness and Behavioral Neuroscience.
Sara Garcia
Sara 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.
Sarina Rubin
Sarina graduated from the University of Oregon, majoring in psychology with a minor in chemistry. She is on the pre-medicine track and is primarily interested in clinical and molecular neuroscience. She hopes to attend medical school and become a neurosurgeon.
Max Hills
Max worked with us as a senior at the University of Oregon. He was majoring in biology with an emphasis on neuroscience and behavior. He is now attending graduate school, studying computational approaches to cognitive neuroscience.
Le Wang
Le graduated in psychology and linguistics from the University of Oregon. He is interested in child development and cognition, particular in learning.
Anisha Adke
Anisha was an undergraduate student in biology at the University of Oregon. She is primarily interested in neuroscience and behavior.
Tyler Skordal
Tyler graduated from the University of Oregon, majoring in psychology and minoring in mathematics. He would love to attend graduate school and combine his interest of both fields to either pursue research, or potentially enter a career in clinical psychology to help people.
Alex Tremblay-McGaw
Alex was an undergraduate student at Skidmore College double-majoring in psychology and economics. She was interested in cognitive and clinical psychology and wants to pursue clinical psychology as a career. Her plan was to attend graduate school after graduation. She spent one summer in our lab.
Seth Ingram
Seth worked in our lab his senior year at the University of Oregon majoring in psychology. He was interested in cognitive and social psychology and how they interact together. His plan was to continue his education after graduation and pursue a career in psychiatry and possibly do research in cognitive neuroscience.
Kate Gladhart-Hayes
Kate volunteered in our lab in summer 2017. She was an undergraduate at the University of Puget Sound majoring in Science, Technology, and Society with a concentration in Neuroscience. She was interested in neuroscience and trauma and planning to pursue a career in Physical or Occupational Therapy.
Jessica Barragan
Jessica spent a summer in our lab as a SPUR student. At the time, she was an undergraduate at the California State University of Fullerton majoring in psychology. She was particularly interested in cognitive and developmental psychology, within the legal realm. She planned to attend a doctoral program upon graduation.
Michelle Fok
Michelle was an undergraduate student who graduated in psychology with a minor in chemistry. She was a pre-nursing student, interested in neuroscience and learning about how individual experiences can influence memory and behavior. She worked for one year in our lab.
Stefani Aleman
Stefani studied biology and psychology at the UO. She worked two years in our lab. She was interested in cognition and neuroscience and was hoping to attend graduate school to study Public Health.
Hanna Hostick
Hanna was an undergraduate student studying biology and psychology at the University of Oregon when she spent a term in our lab. She planned to pursue a career in neuroscience and is particularly interested in memory and language.
Jessie Moyer
Jessie spent a summer in our lab. She was an undergraduate student studying psychology. She was particularly interested in social psychology and in how reasoning and perception help develop relationships between individuals. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree, she hoped to become a graduate student at UC San Diego.
Zoey Wenyu Hu
Zoey was an undergraduate student in psychology and product design at the University of Oregon. She was interested in neuroscience, particularly in memory, learning and imagination. She was not sure which field she is interested in most, still trying to figure out what she really wanted to do in the future. As part of her exploration, she spent a year working with us.
Anthony Resnick
Anthony graduated from Temple University with a degree in Neuroscience. Interested in memory and perception and hoping to continue his education in cognitive neuroscience, he volunteered for one year in our lab. Anthony was an outstanding research assistant.
Mitchell Rezzonico
Mitchell was a junior studying biology at the University of Oregon, with psychology and chemistry minors, when he worked with us in summer 2015. He was a pre-med student, interested in entering medical field with a focus in psychology.
Adrika Chakraborty
Adrika was a senior at Troy High School in California. She is interested in pursuing biochemistry and neurobiology in college.
Lydia McNiel
Lydia graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in psychology. She hoped to pursue a PhD in experimental or clinical psychology.
Intern:
Austin Murray
Austin was a high school student at Marist. He is interested in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience, and is interested in studying memory, movement disorders, and mental illness. In the future, Austin would like to have a career as a clinician.
Oliver Elliott
Oliver was a student at South Eugene High School. He is interested in learning more about neuroscience and memories in the brain, and hopes to go into a science or technology related field.
William Hou
William was a student at South Eugene High School. He planned on majoring in a science-related field and is interested in learning more about neuroscience and psychology.