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267 Cousteau Place
Davis, CA 95618

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Core Faculty

Ron Mangun, PhD, Director/Professor, Psychology and Neurology
tel: 530-297-4655 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 109
Andy Yonelinas, PhD, Associate Director/Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-754-8289 office: Young Hall, Room 268C keywords: Memory
David Corina, PhD, Professor, Linguistics
tel: 530-297-4421 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 152
Simona Ghetti, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-747-3803 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 243
Kathleen Baynes, PhD, Professor, Neurology and Center for Mind and Brain
tel: 530-297-4458 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 149
Joy Geng, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4486 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 173
Katharine Graf Estes, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4455 office: 202 Cousteau, Room 233 keywords: learning mechanisms; language development
Petr Janata, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4471 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 153 keywords: Music
Kristin Lagattuta, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-747-3801 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 242
Steven J. Luck, PhD, Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4424 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 127
Lee Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior
tel: 530-297-4474 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 174
Lisa Oakes, PhD, Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4423 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 232 keywords: Infant Cognition
John Olichney, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology
tel: 530-297-4429 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 270
Susan M. Rivera, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-747-3802 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 245
Clifford Saron, PhD, Assistant Researcher
tel: 415-307-9757 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 255
Tamara Swaab, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-752-4207 office: Young Hall, Room 268J
David Whitney, PhD, Associate Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4451 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 172
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Affiliated Faculty

Silvia Bunge, PhD; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
office: UC Berkeley keywords: Cognitive Control
Michael Buonocore, MD, PhD; Professor, Radiology and Imaging Research Center
Cameron Carter, MD; Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Imaging Research Center
Blythe Corbett, PhD; Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and M.I.N.D Institute
office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Room 104
Nina Dronkers, PhD; Professor, Neurology and Linguistics
Emilio Ferrer, PhD; Assistant Professor, Psychology
Jack Hawkins, PhD; Professor, Linguistics
Edward Jones, PhD; Director/Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Center for Neuroscience
Neal Kroll, PhD; Professor, Psychology
Tim Lewis, PhD; Associate Professor, Mathematics
Debra Long, PhD; Professor, Psychology
Beth Ober, PhD; Chair/Professor, Human and Commuity Development, and Human Development
Almerindo Ojeda, PhD; Professor, Linguistics
Dan Ragland, PhD; Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Charan Ranganath, PhD; Associate Professor, Psychology and Center for Neuroscience
Phillip Shaver, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
tel: 530-297-4428 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 267
Jeff Sherman, PhD; Professor, Psychology
Diane Swick, PhD; Associate Professor, Neurology and Center for Neuroscience
David Woods, PhD; Professor, Neurology and Clinical Neuropsysiology
Guohua Xia, MD, PhD; Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry
tel: 530-297-4462 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 187B keywords: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Treatment, Mood disorders: Bipolar and Major Depression Disorder
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Administrative Staff

Noelle Blalock, BA, Administrative/Financial Assistant.
tel: 530-297-4452 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 122
Christopher Brick, Systems Administrator
tel: 530-297-4654 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 137
Carmina Caselli, Center Manager
tel: 530-297-4652 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 125
Ron Chow, Undergraduate Assistant
tel: 530-747-3821 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 207 keywords: Technical Support
Adam Chrisakis, Undergraduate Assistant
tel: 530-297-4616 office: 267 Cousteau Place, Room 120
Patricia Schuler, Business Officer
tel: 530-297-4404 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 123
Jeremy M. Smith, Senior Systems Developer
tel: 530-297-4654 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 137 keywords: Technology Support, Purchasing, Systems Administration, Application Development
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Research Staff

Stephen Aichele, Junior Specialist, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4473 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 189
Kristina Backer, BS, Jr. Specialist/Lab Manager, Miller Lab
tel: 530-297-4407 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 147 keywords: Spatial Hearing
Valerie Beck, BA, Junior Specialist/Lab Manager, Luck Lab
tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 133
Margarita Beransky, BS, Junior Specialist, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4693 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 258 keywords: autism, multisensory integration, ERP
Vanessa Carmean, BS, Staff Research Associate, Psychiatry, MIND Institute
office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 104
Lisa Christoffer, BA, Junior Specialist , Oakes Lab
tel: 530-297-4416 office: 202 Cousteau, Suite 250, Room 228
Sharon Corina, Staff Research Associate, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4613 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 125
Dana DeMaster, Junior Specialist, Ghetti Lab
tel: 530-747-3805 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 240
Nicholas DiQuattro, BA, Junior Specialist
tel: 530-297-4472 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 179 keywords: consciousness, evolutionary psychology, attention, zombies
Pamela Gallego, MA, Junior Specialist, Ghetti Lab
tel: 530-747-3805 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 240 keywords: Memory, Attention, Neurocognition
Marissa Gamble, BA; Junior Specialist, Luck Lab
tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 133
Sarah Hafer, BA, Junior Specialist, Corina Lab
tel: 530.297.4427 (Sorenson Videophone) office: 267 Cousteau Place, Room 167B keywords: American Sign Language linguistics, linguistics, language acquisition
Thomas Harp, BS, Junior Specialist, Whitney Lab
tel: 530-297-4406 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 171
Kristi Hendrickson, B.A., Junior Specialist, Rivera Lab
tel: (925) 323-3763 office: 202 Cousteau, Suite 250, Room # 247 keywords: Fragile X Syndrome
Emily Katon, BS, Junior Specialist, Rivera Lab
tel: 530-219-4584 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250
Jess Kerlin, B.A., Junior Specialist, Miller Lab
tel: 530-297-4426 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Room 142 keywords: Work on projects involving Audiovisual Integration and Hearing Loss
Johanna Kreither, Junior Specialist, Luck Lab
tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Room 133 keywords: Visual Search, attention, working memory, ADHD
Lien Le, BS, Junior Specialist, Rivera Lab
tel: (530) 747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 249
Joshua Lee, BS, Junior Specialist, Ghetti Lab
tel: 530-747-3805 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 240
Javier Lopez-Calderon, Eng, Junior Specialist, Luck Lab; Electronic Engineer
tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Room 133 keywords: Early visual attentional processes. Visual attention and Eye Movements. ADHD
Lyndsey Marie Marcelino, BA, Junior Specialist , Saron Lab
tel: 858-337-0956 office: 202 Cousteau
Noah Marchal, MFA, Junior Specialist, Janata Lab
tel: 530-297-4418 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 157 keywords: Music, Spirituality, Neuroimaging
Mary Catherine Mendoza, BS, Junior Specialist/Lab Manager, Corina Lab
tel: 530-747-3817 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 154
Michael Monsour, BA, Junior Specialist, Lagattuta Lab
Adam Niese, BS, Junior Specialist
tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 133
Erika Rosenberg, Ph.D., Consulting Scientist, Shamatha Project, Saron Lab
keywords: Emotion, facial expression, meditation
Stefan Tomic, MA, Associate Specialist, Janata Lab
tel: 530-297-4485 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 195 keywords: rhythm perception, digital signal processing, physical modeling, source localization
John M. Wang, BS, Junior Specialist
tel: 248-767-2872 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 249 keywords: Fragile X, Emotion, Memory, Reward, Decision Making
Nicole Wurnitsch, BA, Junior Specialist
office: CMB Whitney Lab
Anthony Zanesco, B.A., Junior Specialist, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4693 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 258 keywords: Meditation, Emotion, Facial Action Coding System, Facial Expression, EEG
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Trainees

Felix Bacigalupo, Visiting Scholar, Luck Lab
Christi Bamford, MA, Graduate Student/Lab Manager, Psychology Department/Lagattuta Lab
tel: 530-747-3811 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 246 keywords: children's cognition, emotion, religion, positive thinking
Fred Barrett, BM, Graduate Student, Janata Lab
tel: 530-297-4485 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 157 keywords: Music, Emotion, fMRI
Andre Bastos, BA, Graduate Student, Neuroscience
keywords: attention, consciousness, meditation, signal processing
Heidi Baumgartner, Graduate Student, Rivera Lab
tel: 530-747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 249
Jesse Bengson, MS, Graduate Student, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4408 office: 267 Cousteau Place, Room 108 keywords: attention, awareness & perception, experimental introspection
Christopher W. Bishop, BS, Graduate Student, Miller Lab
keywords: multisensory integration, audition, vision, fMRI, speech
Megan Boudewyn, Graduate Student, Psychology
keywords: Psycholinguistics
Paul Bulakowski, MA, Graduate Student, Whitney Lab
tel: 530-297-4406 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 171
Paola Castelli, Graduate Student, Ghetti Lab
tel: 530-747-3805 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 240
Shiaohui Chan, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Olichney Lab
tel: 530-297-4414 office: 202 Cousteau Place, Room 259A keywords: language, semantic memory
Jennifer Corbett, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar, Whitney Lab
Faraz Farzin, MA, Graduate Student, Psychology
tel: 530-747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 249 keywords: development of spatial and temporal visual attention, fragile X syndrome
Jason Fischer, Graduate Student, Whitney Lab
tel: 530-297-4406 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 171 keywords: Vision, attention, pulvinar, retinotopy
Jason Golubock, Graduate Student, Janata Lab
tel: 530-297-4418 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 157
Michael Grosvald, MA, Graduate Student, Corina Lab
tel: 530-297-4427 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 167C keywords: Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, ASL, Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation, ERP, ESL, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Development (SLAD)
Jason Haberman, BA, Graduate Student, Whitney Lab
tel: 530-297-4406 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 171 keywords: Psychophysics, Perception, Ensemble Coding
Ryu-Ichiro Hashimoto, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Rivera Lab
tel: 530-747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau PL, Suite 250, Room 247
Naomi Hatt, MSW, Graduate Student, Rivera Lab
tel: 530-747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau PL, Suite 250, Room 249
Kevin T. Hill, BA, Graduate Student, Miller Lab
tel: 530-297-4426 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 143 keywords: spatial auditory attention scene analysis
Karinna Hurley, MS, Graduate Student, Oakes Lab
tel: 530-297-4416 office: 202 Cousteau PL, Suite 250, Room 228
Tonya Jacobs, Postdoctoral Scholar, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4693 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 223
Alireza Javan, Graduate Student, Janata Lab
tel: (530) 297-4418 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 157
Emily Kappenman, Graduate Student, Luck Lab
tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 133
Heather Knapp, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Corina Lab
tel: 530-297-4459 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 167C keywords: Psycholinguistcs, Object Perception, Visual Attention
Kami Koldewyn, Graduate Student, Rivera Lab
tel: 530-747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 249
Brandon Loudermilk, MA, Graduate Student, Corina Lab
tel: 530-297-4427 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 167 keywords: Cognitive neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition
Kristen Lyons, Graduate Student, Ghetti Lab
tel: 530-747-3805 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 240
Katherine MacLean, MA, Graduate Student, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4409 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 107 keywords: sustained attention, attention training, meditation
Drika Makariev, MA, Graduate Student, Lagattuta Lab
tel: 530-747-3811 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250 Room 235
Ali Mazaheri, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4461 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 112
Ian Messenger, Graduate Student, Oakes Lab
tel: 530-297-4416 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 229
Baljinder Sahdra, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4693 office: 202 Cousteau PL, Suite 250, Room 258
Ashley Samp, Graduate Student, Lagattuta Lab
tel: 530-747-3811 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 235
Liat Sayfan, Graduate Student, Lagattuta Lab
tel: 530-747-3811 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 235
Antoine Shahin, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Miller Lab
tel: 530-297-4426 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 144
Nicole Spotswood, BA, Graduate Student, Corina Lab
tel: 530-297-4427 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 167 keywords: Language Processing, American Sign Language
Yukari Takarae, Postdoctoral Scholar, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4417 office: 202 Cousteau Place, Suite 250, Room 248
Santani Teng, Graduate Student, Whitney Lab
tel: 530-297-4406 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 171 keywords: Vision, echolocation, cross-modal plasticity
Bong Walsh, Graduate Student, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4408 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 108
Aseen Nancie Zawaydeh, Graduate Student, Rivera Lab
tel: 530-747-3808 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 249
Weiwei Zhang, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Luck Lab
tel: 530-297-4420 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 146 keywords: visual working memory, attention
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Undergraduate Research Assistants

Nada Abukhdair
Stephanie Chen-Wu
Bryan Low, Undergraduate Assistant, Whitney Lab
Samson Makonnen, Undergraduate Assistant, Olichney Lab
Jennifer Ong; Research Assistant, Xia Lab
tel: 530-297-4462 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 187B
Kristyn Sanders, Undergraduate Assistant, Whitney Lab
Adam Sumner
Corey Ziemba; Lab Manager, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4405 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 116
Joan Zovickian, Undergraduate Assistant
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Visiting Scholars

Risa Sawaki, MA, Visiting Scholar, Mangun Lab
tel: 530-297-4408 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 108
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Alumni

Carol Baym, BA, Junior Specialist, Bunge Lab
Jennifer Beer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Jamil Bhanji, BS, Graduate Student, Beer Lab
David Bridwell, Junior Specialist, Saron Lab
Costanza Colombi, Graduate Student, Saron Lab
tel: 530-297-4693 office: 202 Cousteau PL, Suite 250, Room 217
Jane Couperus, PhD, Visiting Faculty, Mangun Lab
Marzia Del Zotto, Visiting Doctoral Student, Mangun Lab
Julia Grieser, Graduate Student, Janata Lab
Clare Holtpatrick, Junior Specialist/Lab Manager, Ghetti Lab
David Horton, Junior Specialist, Janata Lab
Dmitriy Ivanov, Undergraduate Systems Admininstrator
Lauren Keats, Undergraduate Assistant, Olichney Lab
Christian Lachaud, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Corina Lab
Shiri Lavy, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Saron Lab
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Elizabeth Louie, BA, Junior Specialist, Whitney Lab
Bryan Matlen, BA, Undergraduate Assistant, Bunge Lab
Rawi Nanakul, BA, Junior Specialist, Olichney Lab
tel: 530-297-4419 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 259 keywords: music, memory, language
Ana Navarro, Graduate Student, Janata Lab
Roya Noorishad, Junior Specialist, Luck Lab
Pedro "Kepa" Paz-Alonso, Postdoctoral Scholar, Bunge Lab
Lara Polse, Junior Specialist, Mangun Lab
Manish Saggar, BS, Graduate Student, Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
Jonas Schmid, Visiting Scholar, Ghetti Lab
Kalyca Seabrook, Undergraduate Administrative Assistant
Linda Seltzer, M.S., Junior Specialist, Miller Lab
Michael Sintetos, Junior Specialist, Olichney Lab
Michael Souza, BA, Graduate Student, Bunge Lab
Shaena Stille, MSW, Jr. Specialist/Lab Manager, Oakes Lab
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Travis Taylor, BA, Undergraduate Assistant, Corina Lab
Bradley Vines, PhD; Post Doctoral Fellow, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Institute of Mental Health, The UBC Department of Psychiatry
tel: 604-827-4364 keywords: Cognition, Clinical Neuroscience, Perception, Emotion, Neural plasticity, Sensorimotor and multi-sensory integration, Music, Stroke rehabilitation, Mental Health, Non-invasive brain stimulation, TDCS, MRI, EEG
Kearnan Welch, Graduate Student, Corina Lab
Tara Williams, Junior Specialist, Corina Lab
Samantha Wright, BS, Junior Specialist, Bunge Lab