Behavioral Neuroscience
Emily Hilz
Graduate student
emilyhilz@yahoo.com |
903-821-7665
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: learning and memory, psychopharmacology, sex differences, appetetive conditioning/extinction
M. Nicole Kunkel
Graduate student
Education: B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience, St. Edward's University
Interests: rat models, hormones and behavior, reward, sexual development and behavior, mate choice / preference, women's sexual health and wellness, female reproductive health, health equity, Culture of Health, health policy, accessible science, sex workers' occupational health
Sydney Lee
Graduate student
Education: B.S. in Psychology, Minnesota State University - Mankato
Interests: Spinal cord injury, neuroinflammation, neuropathic pain, circadian rhythms, anxiety
Julia Martz
Graduate student
jmartz@utexas.edu |
512-471-0272 |
SEA 6.114B
Interests: Neural-endocrine regulation of motivated behaviors and associated disorders such as addiction, anxiety, and depression
Tyler Milewski
Graduate student
milewski@utexas.edu |
SEA 4.126
Education: M.S. Biochemistry, University of Scranton
Interests: Social Neuroscience, Neural Plasticity, Animal Cognition, Social Communication
Kevin Moran
Graduate student
kevin.moran@utexas.edu |
SW7 Office 201
Education: B.S. in Psychology, University of Iowa
Victoria Nemchek
Graduate student
vnemchek@utexas.edu |
SEA 6.130
Education: B.A. in Neuroscience, Illinois Wesleyan University
Marcelle Olvera
Graduate student
Education: B.S in Psychology, University of Houston
Interests: Learning, Memory, Alcohol Abuse Disorder Research
Kaila Parker
Graduate Student
parkerk@utexas.edu |
HDB 5th Floor
Education: B.S. in Biology, DePaul University
Interests: Traumatic Brain Injury, early-life stress, early-life adversity, injury markers, outcomes after TBI
Sydney Seese
Graduate student
Education: Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience, Michigan State University
Interests: behavioral neuroscience, learning and memory, social influence, plasticity, fear
Kylee Smith
Graduate student
kyleesmith@utexas.edu |
SEA 5.108
Education: B.S in Neuroscience and Psychology, Bowling Green State University
Interests: Traumatic brain injury, Long-term recovery, Fear conditioning, Learning and memory
Adriana Vasquez
Graduate student
avasquez97@utexas.edu |
SEA 6.114B
Education: B.S. Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso
Clinical Psychology
Emily Carl
Anxiety & Health Behaviors Lab
emilycarl@utexas.edu |
CLA 4.600
Education: M.A., Boston University
Interests: Novel treatments, PTSD, depression, exercise, treatment matching, VR, mobile apps
Julia Chafkin
Graduate student
Julia.Chafkin@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.412
Interests: Neuroendocrinology, Perinatal Mental Health, Postpartum Mental Health, Neonatal and Child Development, Adolescent Endocrinology
Maria Dekhtyar
Graduate student
mdekhtyar@utexas.edu |
SEA 4.111D
Education: B.A., Boston University
Interests: neuropsychology, aging, neuroimaging
Madeline Divine
Graduate student
madeline.divine@utexas.edu |
3143153848 |
SEA 3.318
Education: B.S.,B.S., University of Missouri, University of Tulsa
Interests: cyclical exacerbation of psychopathological symptoms, neuroendocrinological mechanisms implicated in psychopathology, psychology and psychophysiology of womxn’s sexual functioning and arousal
Christy Dutcher
Graduate student
Education: M.Ed., University of Houston
Interests: Effect of emotion dysregulation in the treatment of anxiety and substance use disorders, novel interventions for anxiety and mood disorders
Avtalya Feldman
Graduate student
talya.feldman@utexas.edu |
Seay 4.310
Education: B.S., Yale University
Dariella Fernandez
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley
Interests: Aging, dementia, neuropsychology
Caitlin Fischer
Graduate student
cmfischer@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.112C
Education: B.A., University of Southern California
Interests: PTSD; anxiety disorders; protective factors; gender differences; interventions
Anna Alban Foulser
Graduate Student
afoulser@utexas.edu |
781-572-9675 |
SEA 3.112B
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: PTSD, assault-related PTSD, shame, safety behaviors, self-compassion
Bridget Freihart
Graduate student
bfreihart@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.318
Education: M.S.W., UC Berkeley
Interests: Sexual satisfaction in couples, physiological coregulation, psychometric development
Ariel Handy
Graduate student
arielbhandy@gmail.com |
SEA 3.318
Education: BA, University of Vermont
Interests: Brief interventions for sexual dysfunction, sexuality in special populations, sexuality across cultures
Brennan Hickson
Graduate student
bhickson@utexas.edu |
SEA 4.111
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Chelsea Kilimnik
Graduate student
chelseakilimnik@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.318
Education: M.Sc, Trent University
Interests: Sexual violence, non-consensual sexual experiences and subjective identification, sexual well-being and functioning, sexual self-schemas
Lewis Leone
Graduate student
Education: M.S. Clinical Research Methods, Fordham University
Interests: Treatment Development; Psychosomatics; Idiographic Methodology; Network Analysis; Psychiatric Nosology
Andrew Levihn-Coon
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Psychology & Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College
Interests: Depression, Intervention Development, Behavioral Change, Exercise, Sleep, Diet, Mobile Sensing, Stigma of Mental Illness
James Madole
Graduate student
Education: M.A. Clinical Psychology, UT-Austin
Interests: biological psychiatry, lifespan development, philosophy of science
Travis Mallard
Graduate student
Interests: Genetics, alcohol and drug abuse, addiction, externalizing psychopathology
Ciara McAfee
Graduate student
ciara.mcafee@utexas.edu |
607-592-1391 |
SEA 3.412
Education: B.A., Goucher College
Interests: Neuroendocriniology, Performance Anxiety, Personalized Medicine, Epigenetics, Sleep & Performance, Mindfulness
Megan McMahon
Graduate Student
mcmahonmc@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.312E
Education: MA Clinical Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: neuropsychology, sleep, memory, aging
Mary McNamara
Graduate student
Education: B.A. Human Biology, Stanford University
Interests: depression; attention bias; translational research
Megan Micheletti
Graduate student
Education: B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
Interests: infant and toddler development, social interactions, quantitative analysis of behavior
Santiago Papini
Graduate student
Education: MA, CUNY-City College
Interests: experimental psychopathology, network analysis, machine learning
Derek Pisner
Graduate student
dpisner@utexas.edu |
703-200-8389 |
CLA 4.600
Education: B.A., The University of Virginia
Interests: Clinical Diagnostics and Treatment, Personalize Medicine, Machine Learning/ Data Mining, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, rsfMRI, BCI's, Connectomics
Aditi Sabhlok
Graduate student
aditi.sabhlok@utexas.edu |
SEA 5.128
Education: B.S., Duke University
Mackenzie Sears
Graduate student
mackenzie.sears@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.318
Education: B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Sexual satisfaction in romantic relationships, sexual dysfunction, dyadic communication, non-consensual sexual experiences
Emma Siegel
Graduate student
eysiegel@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.112B
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: PTSD, treatment outcomes, treatment enhancement, anxiety
Aliza Stein
Graduate Student
atstein@utexas.edu |
CLA 4.600
Education: B.A., Boston University
Interests: Novel Interventions for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, CBT, Expsosure Therapy
Estrella Thomas
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Southwestern University
Interests: PTSD; anxiety disorders; protective factors; preventative treatment; intervention
Janelle Thompson
Graduate Student
janellethompson@utexas.edu |
SEA 4.111D
Education: B.S., Trinity University
Interests: neuropsychological assessment of individuals with cognitive impairment, modifiable risk factors for dementia
Valeria Tretyak
Graduate Student
valeria.tretyak@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.302B
Education: M.Sc. Industrial/Organizational Psychology, City, University of London; M.Res. (Master of Research) Brain Sciences, University College London (UCL)
Interests: Substance use in young adults, bipolar disorder, translational research, evidence based interventions, public health
Eric Zaizar
Graduate student
Education: B.A., University of Texas
Interests: Anxiety-related disorders, clinical trials, experimental psychopathology, mechanisms of exposure therapy, safety behaviors, dissociation, cognitive enhancers, translational research.
Mackenzie Zisser
Graduate student
Education: B.A., University of California Berkeley
Interests: depression; treatment development; internet-based intervention; ecological momentary assessment
Cognitive Neuroscience
Damion Demeter
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Pacific University
Interests: Neuroimaging, functional connectivity MRI, developmental trajectories of brain organization, developmental disorders
Ian Douglas
Graduate student
Education: M.S. Applied Statistics, Columbia University
Interests: Machine learning; functional connectomics; individual differences
Tyler Larguinho
Graduate student
tyler_larguinho@utexas.edu |
SEA 2.204
Education: B.S. Psychology, University of Rhode Island
Interests: Sleep, ADHD, Executive function, Control networks, Default mode network
Remington Mallett
Graduate student
mallett.remy@gmail.com |
SEA 2.218
Education: B.S., University of Missouri at St. Louis
Interests: neural representations of working memory; the interaction between memory and perception; circadian fluctuations of cognition
Cognitive Science
Fanni Ajna Kertesz
Graduate student
akertesz@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.316E
Education: B.A. in Psychology and Anthropology, Skidmore College
Interests: cognitive development, social development, learning, language development, bilingualism, cross-cultural differences and similarities
Hannah Lunkenheimer
Graduate student
hannahlunkenheimer@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.316E
Education: B.A in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Causal reasoning, belief in afterlife, ritual, religious cognition
Jesse Peregrino
Graduate student
jesse.peregrino@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.316D
Education: B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, California State University, Northridge
Interests: Causal Reasoning, Scientific Reasoning, Explanations, Beliefs, Social Cognition, Science Denial
Developmental Psychology
Andrei Amatuni
Graduate student
Education: B.S., Brain and Cognitive Science, University of Rochester
Interests: attention, representation learning, embodied cognition, language learning
James Daly
Graduate student
jdalybro@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.212C
Education: B.A., Stanford University
Interests: Conceptual development, belief revision, language
Melanie Gonzalez
Graduate student
msgonzalez@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.318B
Education: B.S., M.A., Cornell University
Interests: Adolescent development; Academic motivation and engagement; Social group disparities in motivational support; Quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
Kelsey Kelley
Graduate Student, Woolley Lab
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Supernatural explanations across development; Individual differences in belief
Anna Madden-Rusnak
Graduate student
amaddenr@utexas.edu |
4.106 RLP
Education: M.A. Psychological Research, Texas State University
Interests: Methodology, Statistics, Development
Fortunato Medrano
Graduate student
Education: B. S., Northwestern University
Interests: Social Cognitive Development; Adolescent Psychological Interventions; Scalable Interventions; Psychological Measurement
Jenny Nissel
Graduate student
jenny.nissel@utexas.edu |
1.318E
Education: B.A., Yale University
Interests: Development of imagination, fantasy-reality distinction
Shaden Powell
Graduate student
Education: M.Ed in Counseling and Human Development, George Mason University
Interests: Caregiver- child interactions, Development, Language, Mental health interventions
Mayra Chantal Ramirez
Graduate student
mayrachantal@utexas.edu |
SEA 1.318D
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: bilingual and monolingual language development, parent-infant interaction, parental responsivity, Latinx child development
Sara Schroer
Graduate student
Education: M.A. Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University
Interests: caregiver-infant interactions, language acquisition and word learning, attention, cross-cultural research
Nicole Steiner
Graduate student
Education: BA in Psychology & Linguistics; BA in English, Emory University
Interests: cognitive development, language and thought, concept formation, metaphor, prelinguistic cognition, language for pain, abstract thought, time.
Katherine Williams
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Psychology, Skidmore College
Interests: learning, pragmatic language, conceptual development
Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology
Margaret Clapp
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Washington University in St. Louis
Interests: behavioral genetics, psychopathology, personality
Courtney Crosby
Graduate student
clcrosby@utexas.edu |
3.324C
Education: M.A. in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Human mating, sexual arousal, sexual disgust, sexual decision-making behaviors
Patrick Durkee
Graduate Student
Education: M.A., Experimental Psychology, California State University, Fullerton
Interests: Evolutionary Psychology, Social Status, Personality, Social Cognition, Emotions
Anna Sedlacek
Graduate student
agbs@utexas.edu |
7327353911 |
SEA 3.324E
Education: BA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Interests: Psychology of mating cues & signals, flirting, intersexual conflict, sexual harassment, individual differences in mating strategies
Perception, Brain and Behavior
Gabriela Coello-Reyes
Graduate student
reyes.gabriela09@utexas.edu |
SEA 6.128A
Education: B.S. Biology: Neurobiology, The University of Texas at Austin
Daniel Panfili
Graduate Student
Education: B.S., Drexel University
Interests: Visual Perception, Virtual Reality, 3D Motion, Eye Tracking
Jake Whritner
Graduate student
Education: B.A., New York University;, M.A., The University of Kent
Interests: Vision science, perception, motion processing, 3D motion, eye tracking, natural scene statistics, computer vision
Social and Personality Psychology
Amy Arndt
Graduate student
Interests: prosocial behavior, perspective taking, media influence and interaction
Ashwini Ashokkumar
Graduate student
ashwinia@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.426E
Interests: group dynamics, identity politics, language
Serena Brandler
Graduate student
smbrandler@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.426A
Education: B.A., Rice University
Pelin Cunningham-Erdogdu
Graduate student
Education: Psychology, B.A., The University of Houston
Interests: Goal pursuit, power, fear, political psychology.
Dillon Luke
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Wake Forest University
Interests: Moral Judgment and Behavior, Social Cognition, Personality
Zachariah Marrero
Graduate student
Zachariah.marrero@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.246C
Education: B.S. Psychology, 2017, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interests: PERSONALITY: Structure, processes and development; The manifestation of personality in everyday life and diagnosticity; Person perception; Self-knowledge and well-being; Decision-making; Group personality composition; Latent emotional experiences on moral judgments (Moral heuristics and biases) NOVEL RESEARCH METHODS: Mobile sensing; Machine learning; Localization; Geofencing ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY: Enviornment selection and manipulation; Environmental impacts on psychology and behavior.
Shaina Munin
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
Interests: Individual differences, emotional experience, self, social cognition, social neuroscience
Sarah Seraj
Graduate student
sarahseraj@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.426C
Education: MS, Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: language, social upheavals, collective upheavals
Miti Shah
Graduate student
mitishah@utexas.edu |
SEA 3.426A
Education: M.Sc Clinical Psychology, Christ University, India
Interests: Prosocial, helping and altruistic behaviour. Influencing and increasing compliance in rule following behaviour.
