People

Craig Abbey Researcher		Vision and Image Understanding Lab
Bianca Acevedo Research Associate
Nicole Alea Albada Assistant Teaching Professor
Sakura Arai Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Greg Ashby Distinguished Professor	Professor Ashby is interested in the basic cognitive and neural mechanisms that mediate human learning. His approach combines experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and mathematical modeling.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience Dynamical Neuroscience
Viktoriya Babenko Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Stephen Baumgart Research Associate
Alisa Bedrov Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Selin Bekir Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Dylan Benkley Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Michael Beyeler Assistant Professor		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience Computer Science Department, Dynamical Neuroscience
Jim Blascovich Distinguished Professor Emeritus/Research Professor		Social Psychology
Christina Boardman Visiting Researcher
Chelsea Brown Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Stevie Bullock Research Participation Pool Coordinator	Oversees Research Participation Pool for researchers use. Oversees front office, distributes mails, manages copy account codes and provides back up to Financial Area. Manages Letters of Recommendation Service.
Tom Bullock Postdoctoral Researcher		Attention Lab
Fernando Cano Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Tikal Catena Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Puneeth Chakravarthula Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Leo Jimenez Chavez Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Joaquin-Emiliano Chavez Undergraduate Advisor	Manages Undergraduate Advising. Provides administrative assistance for pre-major and full major courses. Edits and reviews student schedules. Presents at informational workshops and participates in campus tabling events.
Jose Chavira Lab Manager		Neuroscience and Behavior
Roxie Chuang Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Nancy Collins Professor		Social Psychology
Daniel Conroy-Beam Assistant Professor	Dan uses an evolutionary perspective to examine human mating psychology. He combines computer simulations with studies of real couples to help understand the nature of mate preferences, mate choice, and romantic relationships.	Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Leda Cosmides Distinguished Professor		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Dipanjana Das Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Neil Dundon Postdoctoral Researcher
Courtney Durdle Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Miguel Eckstein Professor		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
James Elliott Research Associate		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Nicole Emmons Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Aaron Ettenberg Distinguished Professor	Behavioral, pharmacological and physiological manipulations are combined in attempts to understand the nature of the brain mechanisms subserving the reinforcing effects of food, water, sex and psychoactive drugs.	Neuroscience and Behavior
Sierra Feasel Graduate Student		Social Psychology
John Foley Professor Emeritus/Research Professor		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Alan Fridlund Associate Professor
Shelly Gable Professor		Social Psychology
Diego Padilla Garcia Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Anusha Garg Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Jordan Garrett Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Michael Gazzaniga Distinguished Professor		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Benjamin Gelbart Graduate Stedent		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Tamsin German Professor		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Julian Gerson Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
W. Connor Gibbs Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Barry Giesbrecht Professor and Vice-Chair	1) To understand the neural mechanisms of cognitive priority control in attention and working memory. 2) To understand the impact of global physiological states on cognition. 3) To use brain activity to decode cognitive states and augment performance.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience Dynamical Neuroscience
Michael Goard Assistant Professor		Neuroscience and Behavior
Scott Grafton Distinguished Professor	Dr. Grafton supports an interdisciplinary research program at the interface of learning theory, the organization of skilled action, network science, and multimodal brain imaging.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Madeleine Gross Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Hannah Grotzinger Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Goirik Gupta Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
John Hajda Associate Director, Sage Center for the Study of the Mind	Coordinates Sage Center Lecture Series. Oversees the Junior Research Fellowship post-doctoral program. Promotes the public image of the Sage Center. Works in with the Chair and faculty of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Dynamical Neuroscience to promote the program and find and apply for funding sources.
David Hamilton Distinguished Professor Emeritus / Research Professor		Social Psychology
Nicole Han Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Paige Harris Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Maggie Hayes Brain Imaging Center Administrative Assistant	Manages scheduling, billing, and safety training.
Carol He Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Mary Hegarty Professor		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Kallie Hill Financial Coordinator	Manages departmental financial affairs including departmental budget and extra mural funds. Processes payroll for departmental personnel. Administers Contracts and Grants including proposal preparation.
Melissa Hingorani Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Kevin Honeywell Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Youngki Hong Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Carly Horner Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Laura Huerta Sanchez Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Elliott Ihm Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Bailey Immel Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Joe Jablonski Development Engineer	Manages departmental machine shop. Fabricates and repairs equipment. Oversees shipping and receiving and departmental key assignments. Manages departmental equipment inventory.
Emily Jacobs Assistant Professor	Dr. Jacobs' research pairs endocrinology and brain imaging techniques to determine the impact of sex steroid hormones on brain morphology and function.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Jerry Jacobs Research Professor, Distinguished Professor Emeritus	The biological basis of mammalian (especially, primate) color vision and its evolution.	Neuroscience and Behavior
Skirmantas Janusonis Associate Professor	Dr. Janusonis studies serotonergic and other stochastic axon systems, with a focus on comparative neurobiology and computational neuroscience.	Neuroscience and Behavior
Byron Johnson Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Madhuri Kashyap Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Ron Keiflin Assistant Professor	Our lab studies the neurobehavioral basis of associative learning and decision-making (adaptive and maladaptive). We use sophisticated behavioral tasks in rodents, in combination with modern tools to monitor and manipulate neural activity.	Neuroscience and Behavior
Heejung Kim Professor	Heejung Kim investigates cultural influences on psychological processes, and their implications for important real life outcomes, such as health, education, immigration, and policy support.	Social Psychology
Tod Kippin Professor		Neuroscience and Behavior
Devi Klein Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Stan Klein Professor
Paul Kovacs Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Lexie Kunz Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Miguel Lago Postdoctoral Researcher
Kelvin Lam Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Regina Lapate Assistant Professor (Starting July 1, 2020)	Dr. Lapate investigates the mechanisms and neural circuitry underlying emotional processing, awareness, and emotion regulation. Her multi-modal approach includes recordings of peripheral physiology, brain imaging, and non-invasive brain stimulation.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience Social Psychology
Smaranda Lawrie Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Alyssa Lawson Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Evan Layher Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Suyi Leong Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Sara Leslie Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Mengsi Li Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Luna Li Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Zoe Liberman Assistant Professor	Zoe Liberman studies infants and children to learn about the origins and developmental trajectory of humans' understanding of the social world. Her research is at the intersection of developmental and social psychology.	Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology Social Psychology
Katherine Lowe Graduate Advisor	Coordinates recruitment, admissions and orientation for incoming graduate students. Responsible for all aspects of employment of graduate students. Provides advising to graduate students. Maintains graduate databases.
Thomas Lowrie Visiting Scholar		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Loy Lytle Professor Emeritus		Neuroscience and Behavior
Diane Mackie Professor	Research in the Social Evaluations and Emotions lab focuses on the evaluations, emotions, attitudes, and norms that arise from social group membership and underpin a wide range of phenomena in intergroup relations and social influence.	Social Psychology
Mary MacLean Postdoctoral Researcher
Brenda Major Distinguished Professor	Impact of perceived ethnic, gender, and weight-based stigma and discrimination on psychological stress, health behaviors, and interpersonal relationships. Resilience. Impact of diversity, diversity policies, and anti-bias norms on intergroup relations.	Social Psychology
Richard Mayer Distinguished Professor	educational psychology, cognitive psychology, multimedia learning, online learning, computer-based instruction, learning with games and virtual reality, learning strategies and study skills, science and mathematics education, animated pedagogical agents	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Kasie Mays Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Christopher McFerron Student Affairs Manager	Manages Undergraduate and Graduate Affairs Offices. Provides advising to students, prepares schedule of courses for academic year including summer session. Prepares TA assignments.
Hossein Mehrzadfar Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Mei Mei Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Mario Mendoza MRI Research Technologist	Manages the operation and maintenance of the ultra high-field MRI scanner at the UCSB Brain Imaging Center. Coordinates research procedures for investigators, oversees all imaging protocols including troubleshooting and planning and initiates new techniques as prescribed by the Director. Provides scanner operator and safety training for graduate students, post-docs, faculty and staff.
Spencer Mermelstein Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Michael Miller Professor and Chair		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Anne Milner Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Selina Mixner Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Michael Mrazek Project Scientist
Alissa Mrazek Postdoctoral Researcher
Anudhi Munasinghe Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Elle Murata Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Shravan Murlidaran Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Lauren Ortosky Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Viki Papadakis Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Sophie Peterson Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Hector Ponce Visiting Scholar
Laura Pritschet Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Tadeg Quillien Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Liz Quinn Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Kyle Ratner Assistant Professor	Kyle Ratner investigates face processing in an intergroup context and the consequences of social perception for mental and physical health. His research uses theories and methods from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience (e.g., fMRI, EEG).	Social Psychology
Ben Reese Professor		Neuroscience and Behavior Neuroscience Research Institute
Russ Revlin Research Professor, Associate Professor Emeritus		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Amanda Rives Senior Undergraduate Advisor	Manages Undergraduate Advising. Provides administrative assistance for pre-major and full major courses. Edits and reviews student schedules. Presents at informational workshops and participates in campus tabling events.
James Roney Professor		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Rammy Salem Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Tyler Santander Postdoctoral Researcher
Jonathan Schooler Professor		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience The Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential
Samantha Scudder Postdoctoral Researcher
David Sherman Professor		Social Psychology
Michelle Shteyn Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Kevin Sit Graduate Student		Neuroscience and Behavior
Henri Skinner Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Payton Small Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Ikuko Smith Assistant Professor		Neuroscience and Behavior
Jacek Smits Computer / Network Technician	Oversees and coordinates departmental IT Services including managing the help desk and setting of priorities. Responsible for long range planning of all IT Services. Liaison for campus IT.
Shreya Sodhi Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Thomas Sprague Assistant Professor	My work uses computational methods applied to noninvasive human neuroimaging (fMRI; EEG) to understand how neural processing of visual information changes across manipulations of attention, working memory, and eye movements.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Jack Strelich Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Andy Stull Project Scientist
Karen Szumlinski Professor	Dr. Szumlinski’s major research interest concerns the biochemical mechanisms underlying the changes in brain and behavior produced by chronic exposure to drugs of abuse.	Neuroscience and Behavior
Caitlin Taylor Postdoctoral Fellow	As a postdoctoral fellow in the Jacobs Lab, Caitlin uses MRI to investigate the effects of oral contraceptive use on the brain, as well to study the effects of sex hormones on the hippocampus.	Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Daniel Thayer Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Michelle Tibbitts Purchasing Coordinator, Financial Analyst	Prepares travel vouchers, purchase orders and tracks invoices. Provides low value numbers as needed. Provides assistance and back up to staff in Financial Area. Assists Academic Personnel Coordinator with personnel cases and faculty recruitment.
Vacant Business Officer	Oversees and manages all departmental functions. Provides direction and support to faculty and staff regarding space, budget, equipment, lab renovation student affairs, curriculum plans, facilities management, and special projects.
Katy Walter Graduate Student		Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology
Jiayi Wang Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Yi-Wen Wang Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Ashleigh Wells Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Pamela Wilks Academic Personnel Manager	Oversees faculty personnel cases including merits and promotions and appointments. Manages faculty recruitment, Kronos Timecards and Payroll. Hires new visiting researchers and other visitors.
Vanessa Woods Assistant Teaching Professor	Vanessa Woods looks at factors that affect traditionally underrepresented groups success in educational settings, which includes studying pedagogical practices that create equity in large college classes.
Delancey Wu Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Vinnie Wu Graduate Student		Social Psychology
Hongbo Yu Assistant Professor	Dr. Yu combines behavioral experiments, neuroscience and computational modeling to understand the relationship between emotion (e.g., guilt, gratitude) and morality and their neural representations.	Social Psychology
Shuying Yu Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Claire Zedelius Assistant Project Scientist
Fangzheng Zhao Graduate Student		Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Shane Zheng Desktop Support	Provides desktop and user support for the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences.