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Up one levelThe faculty, staff and trainees of the CMB
Quick Jump: |Core Faculty|Affiliated Faculty|Administrative Staff|Research Staff|Trainees|Undergraduate Research Assistants|Visiting Scholars|Alumni|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
- Steve 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 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
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
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
- Ronald Chow, Undergraduate Assistant
- tel: 530-747-3821 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 207
- 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
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
- Pamela Gallego, MA, Lab Manager, 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
- 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
- Noah Marchal, MFA, Junior Specialist, Janata Lab
- tel: 530-297-4418 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 157 keywords: Music, Spirituality, Neuroimaging
- Ali Mazaheri, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Mangun Lab
- tel: 530-297-4461 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 112
- Mary Catherine Mendoza, BS, Junior Specialist/Lab Manager, Corina Lab
- tel: 530-747-3817 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 154
- Rawi Nanakul, BA, Junior Specialist, Olichney Lab
- tel: 530-297-4419 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250, Room 259 keywords: music, memory, language
- 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
- 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
Trainees
- 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
- 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
- Paolo Canal, PhD, Graduate Student, Psychology
- office: SwaabLabs keywords: Language, Idioms
- 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
- Costanza Colombi, Graduate Student, Saron Lab
- tel: 530-297-4693 office: 202 Cousteau PL, Suite 250, Room 217
- Corey Day; Research Coordinator, Xia Lab
- tel: 530-297-4462 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 187B
- 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
- Christopher Johansen
- office: 187B
- Emily Kappenman, Graduate Student, Luck Lab
- tel: 530-297-4425 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 133
- Emily Katon, BS, Junior Specialist, Rivera Lab
- tel: 530-219-4584 office: 202 Cousteau Pl., Suite 250
- 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
- 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
- Kelvin Tran, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Bong Walsh, Graduate Student, Mangun Lab
- tel: 530-297-4408 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 108
- 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
- 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
- Corey Ziemba; Lab Manager, Mangun Lab
- tel: 530-297-4405 office: 267 Cousteau Pl, Rm 116
Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Armilene Abucay, Undergraduate Assistant, Whitney Lab
- Vincent Cheng, Undergraduate Assistant, Saron Lab
- Candice Cisneros, Undergraduate Assistant, Saron Lab
- Lauren Keats, Undergraduate Assistant, Olichney Lab
- Sara Khan, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Olichney Lab
- Siera Levenson, BA, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Bryan Low, Undergraduate Assistant, Whitney Lab
- Samson Makonnen, Undergraduate Assistant, Olichney Lab
- Lyndsey Marie Marcelino, BA, Junior Specialist , Saron Lab
- Michael Monsour, BA, Junior Specialist, Lagattuta Lab
- Jennifer Ong; Research Assistant, Xia Lab
- tel: 530-297-4462 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 187B
- So Park, Undergraduate Assistant, Ghetti Lab
- Kristyn Sanders, Undergraduate Assistant, Whitney Lab
- Evan de Bie, Undergraduate Assistant, Ghetti Lab
Visiting Scholars
- Risa Sawaki, MA, Visiting Scholar, Mangun Lab
- tel: 530-297-4408 office: 267 Cousteau Pl., Room 108
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
- 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
- Christian Lachaud, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Corina Lab
- Shiri Lavy, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Saron Lab
- office:
- Elizabeth Louie, BA, Junior Specialist, Whitney Lab
- Bryan Matlen, BA, Undergraduate Assistant, Bunge Lab
- 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
- tel:
- 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
Dr. Ron Mangun to serve as Interim Dean