Lori B. Astheimer

B.S. Neuroscience, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania (May 2005)

M.S. Neuroscience & Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst (February 2008)

Research Interest: Visual and Auditory Attention; Psycholinguistics
NeuroCognition and Perception Lab

Enrolled UMass Fall 2005
E-Mail: lastheim[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Sanders

Dominik Biezonski

B.S. Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook (May 2004)

Research Interest: MDMA Neurotoxicity

Enrolled UMass Fall 2004
E-Mail: dbiezons[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jerrold Meyer

Sean W. Burton

B.A. Psychology, Kent State University (May 2006)

Research Interest: Developmental Neurobiology

Enrolled UMass Fall 2007

E-Mail: sburton[at] nsm.umass.edu
Advisors: Dr. UnJa Hayes (Fall 2007)
Drs. Rolf Karlstrom & Michael Barresi (Spring 2008)

William S. Bush

B.A Cognitive Science, Hampshire College (May 2002)
M.S. Computer Science, UMass Amherst (Feb 2006)

Research Interest: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Investigations of Visual Selective Attention
NeuroCognition and Perception Lab

Enrolled UMass Fall 2005
E-Mail: will[at]cs.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Kyle Cave & Lisa Sanders

Destinee L. Chambers

B.A. Biology, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania (May 2003)

Research Interest: Attention and the Factors Governing the Inhibition of an Occluding Distractor

Enrolled UMass Fall 2003 Webpage
E-Mail: destineechambers[at]gmail.com
Advisor: Dr. Kyle Cave

Samantha L. Dettloff

B.S. Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing (May 2001)

Research Interest: Neuroendocrine Regulation of Reproductive Behavior

Enrolled UMass Fall 2001

E-Mail: sldettlo[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. George Wade

Amanda M. Dettmer

B.S. Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle (May 2001)

M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst (February 2007)

Research Interest: Effects of Early Experience on Long-Term HPA Activity, Stress Responsivity, and Social Behavior in Rhesus Macaques

Enrolled UMass Fall 2004 - Amanda's Webpage
E-Mail: adettmer[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisors: Drs. Melinda Novak & Stephen Suomi

Ahren B. Fitzroy

B.S. Psychology/Neuroscience, University of Massachusetts Amherst (May 2007)

Research Interest: Cortical Organization of Music and Speech Perception. NeuroCognition and Perception Lab

Enrolled UMass Fall 2007 
E-Mail: afitzroy[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Lisa Sanders

Karlie A. Intlekofer

B.S. Health and Exercise Science, Colorado State University (May 2005)

Research Interest: The Effect of Dioxin on the Developing Neuroendocrine Brain and Subsequent Deficits in Reproduction

Enrolled UMass Fall 2005 
E-Mail: kintleko[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Sandra Peterser

Molly B. Johnson

B.A. Biochemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota (June 1998)

Research Interest: Cognitive Control of Movement Postural Stability and Motor Coordination

Enrolled UMass Fall 2003

E-Mail: mjohnson[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Richard van Emmerick

Brian J. Kelly

B.A. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2003)
M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst ( May 2006)

Research Interest: Primate Behavior and Cognition; Spatial Skills and Mental Representation

Enrolled UMass Fall 2005
E-Mail: bkelly[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Melinda Novak

Hanna M. King

B.A. Psychology, Loyola University New Orleans (Dec. 2007)

Research Interest: The Influence of Hormones on Cognition and Behavior in Humans and Non Human Primates

Enrolled Fall 2008
E-Mail: hmking[at]loyno.edu
Advisor: Dr. Agnès Lacreuse

Laura B. Kurdziel
B.S. Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park (2005)
M.S. Animal Behavior, Bucknell University (2007)

Research Interest: Primate Behavior and Cognition; Primate Aging

Enrolled UMass Fall 2008
E-Mail: lauri.kurdziel[at]gmail.com
Advisor: Dr. Agnès Lacreuse

Yi-Ling Yu
B.S. Biology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (June 2004)
M.S. Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (June 2006)

Research Interest: Mechanisms of Neurological Diseases

Enrolled UMass Fall 2008
E-Mail: yilinglu[at]ibms.sinica.edu.tw
Advisors: Fall 2008 Dr. Jerrold Meyer - Spring 2009 Dr. Wei-Dong Yao

Carrie E. Mahoney

B.S. Sports Science, University of Connecticut-Storrs (May 2001)
M.A. Kinesiology, University of Connecticut-Storrs (Dec 2005)

Research Interest: Circadian Rhythms

Enrolled UMass Fall 2006
E-Mail: cmahoney9[at]sbcglobal.net
Advisor: Dr. Eric Bittman

Jesse R. McClure

B.S. Biomedical Science, St. Cloud State University (May 2008)

Research Interest: Proximate Mechanisms of Psychological Adaptations Particularly in Risk Sensitivity and Decision-Making

Enrolled UMass Fall 2008
E-Mail: mcclure_jesse[at]msn.com
Advisor: Fall 2008 Dr. UnJa Hayes

Elaine K. Murray

B.S. Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, United Kingdom (Dec 2003)

Research Interest: Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System

Enrolled UMass Fall 2004

E-Mail: ekmurray[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Geert de Vries

Eliza L. Nelson

B.S. Psychology & Communication Disorders, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio (May 2004)
M.S. Neuroscience & Behavior, UMass Amherst (Sept 2007)

Research Interest: Laterality and Motor Skill in Human Infants and Rhesus Macaques
Website: Child Study Center

Enrolled UMass Fall 2004 Webpage
E-Mail: enelson[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisors: Drs. Neil Berthier & Melinda Novak

Bryan D. Olson

B.S. Neuroscience, University of Miami (May 2006)

Research Interest: Genetics, Sensory Systems & Behavior

Enrolled UMass Fall 2007

E-Mail: bolson[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisors: Fall 2007 Dr. Gerald Downes, Spring 2008 Dr. Abigail Jensen

Iris L. Price

B.A. Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts (May 1999)
M.S. Plant Pathology, The University of Arizona Tucson (Dec 2002)

Enrolled UMass Fall 2003

Benjamin D. Rood

B.S. Biopsychology, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (May 1998)
M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst (May 2003)

Enrolled UMass Fall 2006

Research Interest: Development, Anatomy, and Behavioral Significance of Sexually Dimorphic Neuropeptide Pathways
E-Mail: benjamin800[at]charter.net
Advisor: Dr. Geert de Vries

Arthur W. Seelig
B.S. Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst (June 2002)
M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Sept. 2006)

Research Interest: Neurochemical Identity of c-Fos Expressing Neurons in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus
Enrolled UMass Fall 2006
E-Mail: arthur[at]cas.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. Geert de Vries

Marianne L. Seney

B.A. Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts (May 2001)

Enrolled UMass Fall 2003
E-Mail:marianneseney[at]hotmail.com

Research Interest: Developmental Neurobiology; Sexual Differentiation of the Nervous System; Hormones and Neurotrophic Factors; Neuronal Cell Death
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Forger

Ashvin K. Shah

B.A. Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (May 1997)

Research Interest: Computational Models of Motor Skill Acquisition
Lab Webpage Homepage

Enrolled UMass Fall 1999
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Barto

Erica Y. Shen

B.A. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dartmouth College (Dec 2005)

Research Interest: MDMA Sensitization Using CPP Paradigm

Enrolled UMass Fall 2006
E-Mail: yshen[at]nsm.umass.edu

Advisor: Dr. Jerrold Meyer

Nina M. Shinday

B.S. Biopsychology, University of California at Santa Barbara (June 2005)

Research Interest: The Role of GABA in Cocaine Addiction

Enrolled UMass Fall 2005

E-Mail: nshinday[at]gmail.com
Advisor: Dr.James Rowlett

Patrick V. Taylor

B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology, Texas Tech University (May 2007)

Research Interest: Development of Sex Differences in the Nervous System

Enrolled UMass Fall 2007

E-Mail: ptaylor[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisors: Drs. Nancy Forger & Geert de Vries

Mihoko Yamamoto

B.S. Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 2006

Research Interest: Neuroendocrine and Behavioral Analysis of Maternal Behavior of Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Enrolled UMass Fall 2006
E-Mail: myamamot[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. UnJa Hayes

Ying Zhou

B.S. Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China (July 2002)

Research Interest: The Role of Morgue, A Novel Gene in the Development of Drosophila Nervous System

Enrolled UMass Fall 2005
E-Mail: yingz[at]nsm.umass.edu
Advisor: Dr. John Nambu