Arne Ekstrom, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology and Evelyn McKnight Brain Institute
Yu Karen Du, Ph.D.
I am currently a postdoc in the lab. My research aims to understand the cognitive mechanisms of spatial representations in humans.
Li Zheng, Ph.D.
I am a postdoc fellow in the lab and now I am interested in the temporal interval representation during human episodic memory and navigation using high-resolution fMRI.
Paul Hill, Ph.D.
The broad focus of my research is episodic memory, with a specific focus on how memory and related processes change with normal aging and neurological disorders. I use a combination of behavioral, neuroimaging, and neuromodulatory approaches to address these questions.
Mike Starrett, Ph.D.
I received my Ph.D. in May 2021 from the University of Arizona. I am currently finishing up projects from my doctoral work in the HSC lab before starting a postdoc at UC Irvine with Dr. Liz Chrastil in July 2021.
Mingli Liang
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology at University of Arizona. I am fascinated by neural oscillations!
Alana Muller
I am a first-year graduate student. My research interests include understanding the cognitive processes involved in spatial navigation using EEG and virtual reality.
Eva Robinson
I am a PhD student who is interested in asymmetries between the perception of spatial and temporal dimensions, episodic memory and spatial navigation. My techniques include EEG, TMS, fMRI, and virtual reality.
Andrew McAvan
I am currently a research specialist working for the lab at the University of Arizona. I am interested in path integration & cognitive mapping in virtual reality environments, and I currently utilize Unity & C# scripting to create those environments.
Stephanie Doner
I am currently a research specialist working at the lab. I am interested in learning about the cognitive mechanisms of spatial representations in humans in virtual environments.
Sean Thayer
I am currently a research specialist working in this lab and the Human Memory Lab at the University of Arizona. I am broadly interested in consolidation theory and memory impairments, designing tasks that examine (re)consolidation differences in healthy adults and individuals with memory impairment.
Current lab members (left to right): Yu “Karen” Du, Li Zheng, Mike Starrett, Arne Ekstrom, Stephanie Doner, Sev Harootonian, Mingli Liang, Eva Marie Robinson, Alana Muller, and Alexis Oyao
Research Assistants
Jeremy Neal
Joshua Garren
Samantha Darza
Erin Rose
Kayla Cao
Anna Ramsook
**Now taking applications from UofA undergraduate students!
Ph.D.s Conferred
Mike Starrett – PhD Psychology 2021, postdoctoral scholar at UC Irvine (PI: Liz Chrastil)
Jared Stokes – PhD Psychology 2018, postdoctoral fellow with Julie Schweitzer
Amber Schedlbauer – PhD Neuroscience 2017, postdoctoral fellow with Gene Gurkoff
Millie Copara – PhD Neuroscience 2017, Partner Development Coordinator at FUTURE program of UC Davis
Branden Kolarik – PhD Psychology 2017, Human Factors Scientist with Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting
Andrew Watrous – PhD Neuroscience 2013, Assistant Professor of Neurology at UT Austin
Former Lab Members
Sevan Harootonian – former Research Specialist. Graduate student at Princeton
Derek Huffman – former postdoc, assistant professor at Colby College
Alexis Oyao – Former lab manager
Lukáš Hejtmánek – visiting scholar, PhD student at Department of Neurophysiology of Memory, Czech Academy of Sciences
Candace Peacock – former PhD student, PhD student with John Henderson
Jennifer Lieberman – former lab manager
Kamin Kim – former postdoc, postdoctoral fellow with Charan Ranganath
Aiden Arnold – former visiting PhD student, now traveling the world
Lindsay Vass – former postdoctoral fellow, data scientist at Facebook
Colin Kyle – former lab manager, graduate student with Carol Barnes
Hui Zhang – former postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral fellow with Nikolai Axmacher