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working with us
working with us
Our Staff
Our lab is staffed with a variety of people all interested in the brain. Look below to find out more about the members of our lab
Want to Join?
You can get credit for your classes, as well as learn more about the brain and EEG analyzation. Email Dr. Pineda at: pineda@cogsci.ucsd.edu
University of California San Diego
Department of Cognitive Science
Age: 19
College: UCSD
Major: Cognitive Science w/specialization Human Computer Interaction
Current Experiments: Memory Consolidation experiment
Areas of Interest: User Experience/Interface
Lab Duties: Administer participants through the experiment using EEG
technologies
Interesting Information: I've gained a personal interest in teaching
myself how to program and code. I'm also a Disney enthusiast.
Undergraduate Student
Caitlin Cagampan
Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
College: University of Maryland; University of California, San Diego
Major: Psychology / Neuroscience
Area(s) of Interest: information processing in the brain with the primary goal of understanding the complex interplay between brain biology and cognition.
Current Experiments: All lab experiments
Lab Duties: Heads laboratory, leads experiments, writes papers, coordinates lab members
Professor/Head of Lab
Dr. Jaime A. Pineda
College: Creighton University
Major: Psychology, Biology, MS in cognitive science from UCSD
Area(s) of Interest: Auditory-motor integration, rhythm, brain oscillations, signal processing, psychohistory
Current Experiments: Brain responses to rhythmic drumming, Neural dynamics of tempo modulation, Behavioral variability in rhythmic timing, Gender differences in object tracking
Lab Duties: Resident electrophysiologist, Lab safety coordinator
Interesting information: professional musician, freelance security consultant
Graduate Student/Associate Instructor
Matt Schalles
Age: 21
College: UCSD
Major: Cognitive Science w/ Specialization Neuroscience
Current Experiments: ASD/Mu Rhythms and Neurofeedback
Areas of Interest: Neuroscience, Autism and Brain Disorders
Lab Duties:EEG data analysis
Interesting Information: My Brother and Sister are my WORLD. My sister
has Autism, hence my never ending fascination for the brain. I can make
the hang loose symbol with my toes, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is my jesus.
Undergraduate Student
Age: 21
College: ERC at UCSD
Major: Physiology and Neuroscience
Current Experiments: Oxytocin data analysis
Areas of Interest: mirror neurons, social cognition, mental illness
Lab Duties:EEG data analysis
Interesting Information: I'm a guide at Outback Adventures, the outdoors program at UCSD
Undergraduate Student
Glennis Muldoon
Age: 21
College: UCSD
Major: Cognitive Neuroscience
Current Experiments: Gender Differences in the Brain: Singular vs. Dual Motion Processing and Emotion Recognition
Areas of Interest: Clinical Neuropsychology, Occupational Therapy, Typical/Atypical Behavior, Human Development
Lab Duties: Run behavioral/EEG studies, analyze data, and write manuscript.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Vivian Chang
Age: 16
Colleges of Interest: UCSD, Stanford, Caltech
Majors of Interest: Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Biology, Genetics
Area(s) of Interest: Autism, Mirror Neuron System, Memory, Gender Differences
Current Experiments: ASD/Mirror Neuron Study
Lab Duties: Assists with data analysis, redesigned lab website, runs experiments with participants
Interesting information: I volunteer with Blue Roses (a group for developmentally challenged girls) and play soccer in my free time, and I’ve wanted to go into neuroscience since I was 12 years old
High School Intern
Heather Macomber
Age: 23
College: Creighton University
Major: Psychology
Area(s) of Interest: Neurofeedback, TMS
Current Experiments: ASD/Mirror Neurons, Oxycontin
Lab Duties: Develops MATLAB scripts to help people perform data analysis on EEG, and teaches EEGLab and MATLAB skills to undergraduates
Interesting information: As an undergraduate, I did remote analysis on data from the particle collider RHIC. In that capacity I also worked on a model of the propagation of pions from the decay of phi mesons. I've previously held jobs as a corn shucker, a sous-chef, and a vision therapist.
Volunteer Research Assistant
Steven Pillen
Olivia Martens
Age: 22
College: Muir at UCSD
Major: Cognitive Science
Area(s) of Interest: Neuroscience
Current Experiments: Facilitation of Neurofeedback training with sleep via music
Lab Duties: Run the sleep experiment, run NFT trials
Interesting information: I am in love with baking, writing, cross country running, and my kitten
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Katelyn Carmichael
Age: 31
College: University of Graz
Major: Neuropsychology
Area(s) of Interest: Brain-computer interfaces; Social Cognition
Current Experiments: Neurofeedback (mu rhythm) and Biofeedback (HRV)
Lab Duties: Conducting research
postdoctoral associate
Dr. elisabeth V. C. Friedrich
Age: 22
College: UCSD
Major: Cognitive Science minor in psychology
Area(s) of Interest: gender differences, mirror neurons, social
neuroscience, Autism Spectrum Disorder and neurological disorders.
Current Experiments: Gender differences in the brain
Interesting Information: In my spare time, I enjoy painting, dancing and
playing soccer. I also founded an education non-profit organization,
Beyond the Book, to spread holistic learning methods and motivate children
to learn in the villages of India.
Undergraduate Researcher
Radhika Gosavi
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