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Courtney Lab

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  • Principal investigator

  • Susan Courtney
    Professor
    Ph.D.

    410-516-8894 courtney@jhu.edu 228 Ames Hall

  • Research Scientist

  • Leon (“Leo”) Gmeindl
    Research Scientist
    Ph.D.

    gmeindl@jhu.edu 143 Ames Hall

    Research Interests: 
    Leo received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Cognition & Perception Psychology, with a specialization in Cognitive Neuroscience. He joined Hopkins as a postdoc and then staff Research Scientist in the Courtney and Yantis laboratories.

    He has conducted research on working memory, attention, and perception in healthy young adults, and in multiple sclerosis and aging populations, using behavioral and neuroimaging methods.

    Leo is now a faculty Research Scientist in Psychological & Brain Sciences.

  • Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Thomas Hinault

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Ph.D.

    410-516-5649 thinaul1@jhu.edu 143 Ames Hall https://thomashinault.wordpress.com/

    Research Interests: 
    Cognitive control; Cognitive aging; Arithmetic processing; Functional neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI).

  • Graduate students

  • Michelle DiBartolo

    PhD Candidate
    M.A., Psychological & Brain Sciences

    mdibart1@jhu.edu 143 Ames Hall

  • Tara Ghazi

    PhD Candidate
    B.A., Cognitive Science; M.A., Psychological & Brain Sciences

    410-516-5649 tara.ghazi@jhu.edu 143 Ames Hall

    Research Interests: 
    Sex differences in neural activity (EEG) underlying working memory processes; changes in neural activity over the lifespan in the adult and aging brain.

    Before joining the Courtney Lab, Tara studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where she received her B.A. in Cognitive Science. She also spent time as a student researcher at the University of Cambridge, England. Her past behavioral research explored the relationship between viewing physical gesture and memory of episodic events.

  • Lab Manager

  • Eda Incekara

    Lab Manager

    einceka1@jhu.edu 143 Ames Hall

    Research Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases

  • Undergraduate Students

  • Nora Jandhyala

    Research Assistant

    njandhy1@jhu.edu

    Research Interests: 

  • Soowan Jeong

    Research Assistant

    Research Interests: attention, stress

  • Nikhila Kalapatapu

    Reseach Assistant

    Research Interests: Functional neuroimaging, sensation and perception, neuropharmacology

  • Phillip Sumardi

    Reseach Assistant

    Research Interests: Plasticity, time perception, cognitive impairments, neurodegenerative disorders

  • Alumni

  • Christopher Ackerman

    PhD, Johns Hopkins University

  • Brian Anderson

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
    PhD, Philosophy - Johns Hopkins University

  • Eunice Awuah

    Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
    BA, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University

  • Daniela Barrio

    Current Position: MHS, Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    BA, Psychology & Public Health - Johns Hopkins University

  • Kara Blacker

    Current Position: Research Psychologist - Henry M. Jackson Foundation
    PhD, Brain and Cognitive Science - Temple University

  • Cody Elias

    Current Position: Senior Health Care Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
    BA, Cognitive Science - Johns Hopkins University

  • Aura Elias

    BS, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University

    Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, memory and memory loss, mindfulness, and developmental disorders.

  • Chase Figley

    Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Myranda Gormley

    Research Assistant

    mgormle3@jhu.edu

    Research Interests: Cognition, attention & memory, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.

  • Madeline Halpern

    Current Position: MS, Biomedical Sciences - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    BS, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University

  • Brendan Hurst

  • Akiko Ikkai

    Current Role: User Experience Researcher, Apple
     PhD, Psychology - New York University

  • Kevin Justus

    Current Position: Post-Baccalaureate

    Research Interests: 

  • Ian Kang

    Research Assistant

    ikang4@jhu.edu

    Research Interests: 

  • Travis Kroeker

    B.S. Neuroscience

  • Leon Li

  • Li Guo

    li.guo@jhu.edu

  • Rita Loiotile

    PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University

  • Caroline Montojo

    Current Position: Director, Brain Initiatives at the Kavli Foundation
    PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University

  • Vasilios Nicholas

    Research Assistant

    vnichol2@jhu.edu

    Research Interests: 

  • Yi-shin Sheu

    Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University

  • Pranit Singh

    Research Assistant

    psingh25@jhu.edu

    Research Interests: attention, memory, perception

  • Antonio Vergara

    Current Position: User Experience Architect, R2Integrated
    BA, Biological Basis of Behavior & Psychology - University of Pennsylvania

  • Lucas Watling

    Research Assistant

    lwatlin2@jhu.edu

    Research Interests: sleep, memory, addiction, multi-sensory integration, stress, anxiety and depression, and neurodegenerative diseases

  • Kitty Xu

    Current Position: Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Pinterest
    PhD, Neuroscience & Cognitive Psychology - Johns Hopkins University