People
(photo idea stolen from Brad Postle's lab)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jan R. Wessel, Ph.D.
Lab Director
Jan is an Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Neurology, and directs the Cognitive Neurology lab. He did his graduate work at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and worked as a postdoc at the University of California, San Diego.
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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Yao Guan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Yao received her B.S. in Applied Psychology from Southwest University in Chongqing (China), and then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Psychology & Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Florida.
Qi-Yang Nie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Qi-Yang received his M.S. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He then performed his doctoral work in the Psychology Department at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany.
GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS
Darcy Waller, B.A., B.Sc.
Graduate Student (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
Darcy is a graduate student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. She received her B.A. and B.Sc. from the University of Tulsa and was a Research Assistant at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research. Darcy is funded through the Behavioral & Biomedical Interface program.
Cheol Soh, B.A., M.Eng.
Graduate Student (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
Cheol is a graduate student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. He received a BA in Psychology and Master's degree in Brain and Cognitive Engineering from Korea University in Seoul.
Benjamin O. Rangel, B.Sc.
Graduate Student (Neuroscience)
Ben started as a Neuroscience rotating graduate student in the lab (Spring 2018). He then joined the lab full-time as a graduate student in 2018. He received his B.Sc. in Biology from Southern Oregon University, where has was a McNair Scholar.
Yoojeong Choo, M.A.
Graduate Student (Psychology)
Yoojeong is a graduate student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. She received an M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from Yonsei University in Seoul.
Tobin Dykstra, B.Sc.
Graduate Student Affiliate (Psychological & Brain Sciences)
Tobin is a graduate student in the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. His main advisor is Eliot Hazeltine. Tobin received his B.Sc. from Michigan State University.
LABORATORY STAFF
Nathan R. Chalkley, B.Sc.
Lab Manager
Nathan is our lab manager. He graduated with distinction from The University of Iowa with a B.Sc. in Psychology.
Kylie A. Dolan
Study Coordinator
Kylie joined the lab as an undergraduate in 2015 and was awarded an ICRU fellowship in the Summer of 2016. Upon graduation in 2018, she started working as a study coordinator.
Isabella Dutra
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Isabella majors in Psychology and joined the lab in 2016. She was awarded an ICRU fellowship in the Summer of 2017.
Brynne Dochterman
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Brynne is a Psychology major and joined the lab in 2017.
Alec Maher
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Alec is majoring in Psychology and joined the lab in 2017. Alec was awarded an ICRU fellowship in the Summer of 2018. He also works as a scientific programmer in the lab.
Carly Iacullo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Carly is a Psychology major and joined the lab in 2018.
Megan Hynd
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Megan is a Psychology major and joined the lab in 2018.
LAB ALUMNI
Julian Andrew Scheffer, B.Sc., Rotating Graduate Student
Julian is now a graduate student at Penn State.
Jenna M. Kelly, B.A., Rotating Graduate Student
Jenna is a now graduate student in the Neuroscience Program at Iowa.
Cailey Parker, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Cailey is now a nursing student in Tennessee.
Hailey Billings, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hailey is now a graduate student at Adler University.
Carly Ryder, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Carly is now graduate student at the University of Northern Iowa.