Arne Ekstrom, Ph.D.
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.
Joshua Garren
I’m a Clinical Research Specialist at the Human Spatial Cognition Lab. I am interested in people’s individual differences in memory and spatial navigation ability, especially between old and young adults.
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.
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.
Sarah Seger
I am a second-year Neuroscience PhD student in the HSC Lab. I am interested in using intracranial EEG to study how neural activity arising from sensory representations and movement interact with subcortical brain structures to support episodic memory and spatial navigation.
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.
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.
Sameer Sabharwal-Siddiqi
Sameer Sabharwal-Siddiqi is a PhD student at the lab. Past research interests span attention, decision-making, emotional attribution, and the role of self-awareness in memory. At the Human Spatial Cognition laboratory, he is invested in directing these interests towards the topic of navigation. He is especially interested in the possibility of combining brain-imaging and VR-based navigation to reveal neural-correlates of spatiotemporal experience.
Yinqi Huang
I am a first-year PhD student, with a focus on modeling the decision making in virtual navigation, co-advised by Dr. Arne Ekstrom and Dr. Robert Wilson.
Research Assistants
Erin Rose
Kayla Cao
Anna Ramsook
Delaney Sanders
Kate Chambers
Cameron Dockens
Hannah Campbell
Mary Koenig
Sloane Sivek
Alex Beatty
Destiny Sanchez
Maria Raygoza-Beltran
Chantal Figueroa
Skye Bermudez
Maddie Gustafson
**Now taking applications from UofA undergraduate students!
Ph.D.s Conferred
Mingli Liang – PhD Neuroscience, postdoctoral associate at Yale School of Medicine
Mike Starrett Ambrose – 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