People
Principal investigator
Graduate Students
Tara Ghazi
PhD Candidate
143 Ames Hall410-516-5649
tara.ghazi@jhu.edu
Research Interests: <br />Sex differences in neural activity (EEG) underlying working memory processes; changes in neural activity over the lifespan in the adult and aging brain.<br /><br /> 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.
Natalia Khodayari
PhD Student
141 Ames Hallnkhodayari@jhu.edu
Research Interests: Attention, Memory, and Perception; EEG
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Soowan Jeong
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Effects of stress on working memory
Daniella Needleman
Research Assistant
Research Interests: attention, working memory, EEG
Phillip Sumardi
Reseach Assistant
Research Interests: Plasticity, time perception, cognitive impairments, neurodegenerative disorders
Alumni ~ Research Scientists
Leon (“Leo”) Gmeindl
Alumni
Research Interests: <br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Leo is now a faculty Research Scientist in Psychological & Brain Sciences.
Alumni ~ Graduate Students
Caroline Montojo
Current Position: Director, Brain Initiatives at the Kavli Foundation
Kitty Xu
Current Position: Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Pinterest
Alumni ~ Postdoctoral Researchers
Brian Anderson
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Thomas Hinault
thinaul1@jhu.eduResearch Interests: <br />Cognitive control; Cognitive aging; Arithmetic processing; Functional neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI).
Alumni ~ Lab Managers
Eunice Awuah
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
Eda Incekara
Alumni
einceka1@jhu.eduResearch Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases
Travis Kroeker
Alumni ~ Research Assistants
Eunice Awuah
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
Daniela Barrio
Current Position: MHS, Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Aura Elias
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, memory and memory loss, mindfulness, and developmental disorders.
Myranda Gormley
Research Assistant
mgormle3@jhu.eduResearch Interests: Cognition, attention & memory, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.
Madeline Halpern
Current Position: MS, Biomedical Sciences - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Eda Incekara
Alumni
einceka1@jhu.eduResearch Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases
Kevin Justus
Post-Baccalaureate Student
Research Interests:
Lucas Watling
lwatlin2@jhu.eduResearch Interests: sleep, memory, addiction, multi-sensory integration, stress, anxiety and depression, and neurodegenerative diseases
Alumni
Christopher Ackerman
Brian Anderson
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Eunice Awuah
Current Position: PhD student, Molecular Nutrition - Cornell University
Daniela Barrio
Current Position: MHS, Mental Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kara Blacker
Current Position: Research Psychologist - Henry M. Jackson Foundation
Cody Elias
Current Position: Senior Health Care Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
Aura Elias
Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, memory and memory loss, mindfulness, and developmental disorders.
Chase Figley
Postdoctoral Fellow
Leon (“Leo”) Gmeindl
Alumni
Research Interests: <br />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.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Leo is now a faculty Research Scientist in Psychological & Brain Sciences.
Myranda Gormley
Research Assistant
mgormle3@jhu.eduResearch Interests: Cognition, attention & memory, psychopharmacology, neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases.
Madeline Halpern
Current Position: MS, Biomedical Sciences - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Thomas Hinault
thinaul1@jhu.eduResearch Interests: <br />Cognitive control; Cognitive aging; Arithmetic processing; Functional neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI).
Brendan Hurst
Akiko Ikkai
Current Role: User Experience Researcher, Apple
Eda Incekara
Alumni
einceka1@jhu.eduResearch Interests: working memory, cognitive aging, neurodegenerative diseases
Kevin Justus
Post-Baccalaureate Student
Research Interests:
Travis Kroeker
Leon Li
Rita Loiotile
Caroline Montojo
Current Position: Director, Brain Initiatives at the Kavli Foundation
Yi-shin Sheu
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Antonio Vergara
Current Position: User Experience Architect, R2Integrated
Lucas Watling
lwatlin2@jhu.eduResearch Interests: sleep, memory, addiction, multi-sensory integration, stress, anxiety and depression, and neurodegenerative diseases