People
Principal investigator
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Graduate Students
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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.
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Natalia Khodayari
PhD Student
B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior - UC Davis
- nkhodayari@jhu.edu
- 141 Ames Hall
- Research Interests: Attention, Memory, and Perception; EEG
Undergraduate Research Assistants
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Soowan Jeong
Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Research Interests: Effects of stress on working memory
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Daniella Needleman
Research Assistant
- Research Interests: attention, working memory, EEG
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Phillip Sumardi
Reseach Assistant
- Research Interests: Plasticity, time perception, cognitive impairments, neurodegenerative disorders
Alumni ~ Research Scientists
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Leon (“Leo”) Gmeindl
Alumni
Ph.D.
- 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.
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Alumni ~ Graduate Students
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Li Guo
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Caroline Montojo
Current Position: Director, Brain Initiatives at the Kavli Foundation
PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University
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Kitty Xu
Current Position: Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Pinterest
PhD, Neuroscience & Cognitive Psychology - Johns Hopkins University
Alumni ~ Postdoctoral Researchers
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Brian Anderson
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
PhD, Psychological & Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University
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Thomas Hinault
Ph.D.
- thinaul1@jhu.edu
- Research Interests:
Cognitive control; Cognitive aging; Arithmetic processing; Functional neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI).
Alumni ~ Lab Managers
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Eunice Awuah
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
BA, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
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Eda Incekara
Alumni
Neuroscience B.S.
- einceka1@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases
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Travis Kroeker
B.S. Neuroscience
Alumni ~ Research Assistants
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Eunice Awuah
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
BA, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
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Daniela Barrio
Current Position: MHS, Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
BA, Psychology & Public Health - Johns Hopkins University
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Aura Elias
BS, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
- Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, memory and memory loss, mindfulness, and developmental disorders.
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Myranda Gormley
Research Assistant
- mgormle3@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: Cognition, attention & memory, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.
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Madeline Halpern
Current Position: MS, Biomedical Sciences - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
BS, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
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Eda Incekara
Alumni
Neuroscience B.S.
- einceka1@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases
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Kevin Justus
Post-Baccalaureate Student
- Research Interests:
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Vasilios Nicholas
- vnichol2@jhu.edu
- Research Interests:
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Pranit Singh
- psingh25@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: attention, memory, perception
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Lucas Watling
- lwatlin2@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: sleep, memory, addiction, multi-sensory integration, stress, anxiety and depression, and neurodegenerative diseases
Alumni
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Christopher Ackerman
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
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Brian Anderson
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
PhD, Psychological & Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University
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Eunice Awuah
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
BA, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
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Daniela Barrio
Current Position: MHS, Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
BA, Psychology & Public Health - Johns Hopkins University
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Kara Blacker
Current Position: Research Psychologist - Henry M. Jackson Foundation
PhD, Brain and Cognitive Science - Temple University
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Cody Elias
Current Position: Senior Health Care Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
BA, Cognitive Science - Johns Hopkins University
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Aura Elias
BS, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
- Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, memory and memory loss, mindfulness, and developmental disorders.
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Chase Figley
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Leon (“Leo”) Gmeindl
Alumni
Ph.D.
- 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.
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Myranda Gormley
Research Assistant
- mgormle3@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: Cognition, attention & memory, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.
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Madeline Halpern
Current Position: MS, Biomedical Sciences - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
BS, Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University
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Thomas Hinault
Ph.D.
- thinaul1@jhu.edu
- Research Interests:
Cognitive control; Cognitive aging; Arithmetic processing; Functional neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI).
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Brendan Hurst
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Akiko Ikkai
Current Role: User Experience Researcher, Apple
PhD, Psychology - New York University
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Eda Incekara
Alumni
Neuroscience B.S.
- einceka1@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases
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Kevin Justus
Post-Baccalaureate Student
- Research Interests:
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Travis Kroeker
B.S. Neuroscience
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Leon Li
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Li Guo
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Rita Loiotile
PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University
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Caroline Montojo
Current Position: Director, Brain Initiatives at the Kavli Foundation
PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University
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Vasilios Nicholas
- vnichol2@jhu.edu
- Research Interests:
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Yi-shin Sheu
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences - Johns Hopkins University
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Pranit Singh
- psingh25@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: attention, memory, perception
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Antonio Vergara
Current Position: User Experience Architect, R2Integrated
BA, Biological Basis of Behavior & Psychology - University of Pennsylvania
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Lucas Watling
- lwatlin2@jhu.edu
- Research Interests: sleep, memory, addiction, multi-sensory integration, stress, anxiety and depression, and neurodegenerative diseases
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Kitty Xu
Current Position: Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Pinterest
PhD, Neuroscience & Cognitive Psychology - Johns Hopkins University