Interdisciplinary Neuroscience: Students
Current Students
Working directly with faculty P.I.s, the Ph.D. students in the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience program engage in cutting edge research, tackling grand challenges from different angles.
Heather Aiken
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Advisor: Keith Schneider
Research area: Cognitive Neuroscience
Research description: Temporal properties of the human visual system and functions of attention, perception, and awareness.
Mary Beth Bielicki
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Advisor: Jaclyn Schwarz
Research description: I am currently conducting research in the field of developmental neuroimmunology. My research focuses on how immune activation during critical periods of development can contribute to symptoms of developmental disorders and impact learning behavior and brain function later in life.
Taylor Campbell
Nicholas Collins
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Research Area: Behavioral Neuroscience
Research Description: My work explores the development of fear behavior as a function of maternal programming and associated epigenetic changes occurring in the brain of the progeny.
Christyana Kawar
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Advisor: Josh Neunuebel
Research Area: Behavioral Neuroscience
Research Description: Studying the relationship between sensory cues and behavior--in particular, the influence of gentle touch sensation on vocalization and social behavior
Mohamad Khalife
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Advisor: Amanda Hernan
Research Area: epilepsy, single cell electrophysiology and neural dynamics
Research Description: I work on investigating the cognitive development and neural
dynamics in mice with early life seizure after ACTH treatment. I am currently investigating
the mechanisms of cognitive improvement in early life seizure mice post ACTH treatment
using single neuron electrophysiology recording and behavior experiments.
Su Hyeong Kim
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Advisor: Amy Griffin, Anna Klintsova
Research area: System, Behavioral, and Developmental Neuroscience
Research description: Interested in how developmental alcohol exposure affects cognitive function later in life and how medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus communicate while performing spatial working memory
Jung-Mei Tsai
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Advisor: Anjana Bhat
Research Area: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) / creative intervention
Research Description: Interested in creative art interventions for children with ASD to improve emotion processing and recognition.