Lab Members
Rolando Masis-Obando
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Focus: schemas & contexts, memory enhancement, neurofeedback, virtual/augmented reality
Xian Li
Graduate Student
Focus: storage, retrieval, and maintenance of context in humans & machines
Gabriel Kressin Palacios
Graduate Student
Focus: narrative & world representation, learning and memory, neural language models
Gio Li
Graduate Student
Focus: event representation, thought representation, neural language models
Evelyn Allen
Graduate Student
Flory Huang
Graduate Student
Quinton Covington
Lab Manager
Jane Chen
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dhruva Arekar
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Yijun Lai
Research Assistant
Alumni
Tianshu (Anya) Ouyang, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2024-25)
Now: Graduate student at Caltech website
Now: Graduate student at Caltech website
Kahlyn Eckles, Lab Manager (2023-25)
Now: Graduate student at the University of Oregon
Now: Graduate student at the University of Oregon
Clara Kim, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023-25)
Now: AI Engineer at MicroStrategy
Now: AI Engineer at MicroStrategy
Kristijan Armeni, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2022-25)
Now: Developer and Data Scientist at CIB Mango Tree website
Now: Developer and Data Scientist at CIB Mango Tree website
Madeline Cheshire, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-23)
Now: MD Candidate at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai website
Now: MD Candidate at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai website
Natalie Wang, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-22)
Hannah Collins-Doijode, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-22)
Now: MD student at the University of Hawaii website
Now: MD student at the University of Hawaii website
Savannah Born, Lab Manager (2019-23)
Now: Psychology graduate student at Washington University, St. Louis.
Now: Psychology graduate student at Washington University, St. Louis.
Hirak Park, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019)
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Jinhan Zhang, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019)
Now: AI PhD student at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology website
Now: AI PhD student at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology website
Shima Rahimi Moghaddam, Graduate Student (2018-23)
Now: AI Engineer at IBM website
Now: AI Engineer at IBM website
Tyler Tomita, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2018-23)
Now: Machine learning researcher at the Applied Physics Lab
Now: Machine learning researcher at the Applied Physics Lab
Joon-Young Moon, Assistant Research Scientist (2018-22)
Now: Young Scientist Fellow and Principal Investigator at Sunkyunkwan University in South Korea website
Now: Young Scientist Fellow and Principal Investigator at Sunkyunkwan University in South Korea website
Buddhika Bellana, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2018-21)
Now: Associate Professor at York University website
Now: Associate Professor at York University website
Fanjun (Frank) Bu, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018)
Now: CS PhD student at Cornell website
Now: CS PhD student at Cornell website
Eduardo Sandoval, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018)
Now: Neuroscience PhD student at UC Berkeley website
Now: Neuroscience PhD student at UC Berkeley website
Zoey Zuo, Lab Manager (2017-19)
Now: Licensed clinical psychologist
Now: Licensed clinical psychologist
Liangzhi Li, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017)
Now: MS student at NYU Center for Data Science website
Now: MS student at NYU Center for Data Science website
Kevin Himberger, Graduate Student (2016-21)
Now: Data Engineer at Justice Innovation Lab.
Now: Data Engineer at Justice Innovation Lab.
Hsiang-Yun Sherry Chien, Graduate Student (2016-21)
Now: ML Scientist at Apple website
Now: ML Scientist at Apple website
Josephine Chan, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16)
Esther Yong, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16)
Now: Occupational Therapist at Oak Valley Health website
Now: Occupational Therapist at Oak Valley Health website
Aliya Babul, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015)
Kasra Koushan, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015)
Now: Software Engineer at January website
Now: Software Engineer at January website
Kathrin Müsch, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2014-18)
Now: Quality Manager at Magnes AG, Zurich website
Now: Quality Manager at Magnes AG, Zurich website
David Groppe, Research Associate (2014-17)
Now: Clinical Data Scientist at Persyst website
Now: Clinical Data Scientist at Persyst website
Helen Liu, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-16)
Now: Senior Associate at Abingworth website
Now: Senior Associate at Abingworth website
Davide Crombie, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-16)
Now: Postdoctoral researcher at Champalimaud Institute (Mainen Lab) website
Now: Postdoctoral researcher at Champalimaud Institute (Mainen Lab) website
Mansi Patel, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-15)
Now: Occupational Therapist at William Osler Health System website
Now: Occupational Therapist at William Osler Health System website
Saba Shahab, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-15)
Now: Cardiology Fellow at McMaster University website
Now: Cardiology Fellow at McMaster University website
Samira Azimi, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-15)
Now: Pharmaceutical policy and regulation at Roche website
Now: Pharmaceutical policy and regulation at Roche website
Shahin Khodaei, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-15)
Now: Freelance science writer website
Now: Freelance science writer website
Eve Zheng, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-15)
Now: Marriage and Family Therapist website
Now: Marriage and Family Therapist website