People

Ulrich Mayr

Robert and Beverly Lewis Professor of Neuroscience

Principal Investigator

mayr@uoregon.edu
CV

Dominik Grätz

Doctoral Student

dgrtz@uoregon.edu

Taren Rohovit

Doctoral Student

trohovit@uoregon.edu

Taren is a PhD student in the CNS area. He is interested in attention, altruism, and the ways in which these topics interact with other systems.

 

Sophia Angleton

Doctoral Student

sopa@uoregon.edu

Sophia is a Cognitive Neuroscience PhD student at the University of Oregon. Her interests include decision-making, preparation, cognitive stability/flexibility mechanisms, working memory and precrastination.

 

Neha Nagarkar

Doctoral Student

nagarkar@uoregon.edu

Neha is a doctoral student in the CNS area. Her interests include cognitive control and flexibility mechanisms, and task representations. Especially, she plans on investigating the effects of aging and neurodevelopmental disorders on these mechanisms.

 

Tesufuaishin Sameshima

Master’s Student

tesufuai@uoregon.edu

Eric Wang

Lab Manager

zhipengw@uoregon.edu

Eric graduated from University of Oregon majoring in psychology and minoring in computer science, economics, and music technology. He has an interest in the connection between decision-making and cognitive neuroscience.

 

Georgia Van der Linden

Kelsey Dennis

Research Assistant

kden@uoregon.edu

Kelsey is studying neuroscience with a minor in chemistry. She is interested in cognitive function and psychological well being. 

Georgia Van der Linden

Cade Dodge

Research Assistant

caded@uoregon.edu

Cade is an undergraduate student majoring in psychology and minoring in philosophy. He is interested in evolutionary psychology and the evolutionary basis for mental disorders.

Georgia Van der Linden

Jacob Drum

Research Assistant

jdrum@uoregon.edu

Jacob majors in neuroscience with interests in integrating experiences in altered states of consciousness into scientific knowledge and clinical therapy, and is specifically interested in understanding classic psychedelics, meditation, mindfulness, the sense of self, and mystical experiences. 

Georgia Van der Linden

Maya Kosaraju

Research Assistant

mkosaraj@uoregon.edu

Maya is an undergraduate studying psychology and sociology major. She hopes to investigate trauma’s effects on attention and cognition, and how culture influences mental health. 

Georgia Van der Linden

Jacob Koscho

Research Assistant

jkoscho@uoregon.edu

Jacob is an undergraduate student double majoring in chemistry and psychology and is interested in cognitive neuroscience. 

Georgia Van der Linden

Angela Landorf

Research Assistant

sile@uoregon.edu

Angela is a post-baccalaureate student studying psychology at the UO. She is interested in studying how social media impacts attention and mental health.

Noelle Mason

Research Assistant

noellema@uoregon.edu

Noelle is an undergraduate student studying neuroscience. She is specifically interested in cognitive neuroscience and how disorders and lack of sleep play roles in behavior and decision making.

Keely McMullen

Research Assistant

kmcm@uoregon.edu

Keely is an undergraduate student studying neuroscience. She is interested in cognitive neuroscience and neurogenetics and hopes to research how genetics play a role in behavior and decision making.  

Sydney Pasciuto-Wood

Research Assistant

spasciut@uoregon.edu

Sydney is an undergraduate student double majoring in neuroscience and psychology and is interested in behavioral psychology.

Georgia Van der Linden

Samantha Tan

Research Assistant

samtan@uoregon.edu

Samantha is an undergraduate student studying neuroscience and data science and is interested in the intersection between human behavior and technology.

Georgia Van der Linden

Sofia Thomas

Research Assistant

srtho@uoregon.edu

Sofia is an undergraduate student majoring in psychology and minoring in criminology and Italian. She is interested in studying forensic psychology, focusing on the intersection between decision-making and criminal behavior.

Georgia Van der Linden

Alex Welles

Research Assistant

awelles@uoregon.edu

Alex is an undergraduate student studying psychology with a minor in biochemistry. He is interested in neuroimaging technologies, how exogenous substances impact conscious experience, and individual differences within perception and reasoning.