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Principal Investigator

Jack Gallant, PhD Jack Gallant, PhD

Jack Gallant, PhD

Head of Lab

Neuroscience Department
1 Barker Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3990
Email: gallant@berkeley.edu

Current Lab Members

Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello, PhD

Matteo Visconti di Oleggio Castello, PhD

Senior Postdoc

Areas of interest include individual differences, clinical applications of functional imaging, and fMRI methods development. (Personal web site here.)
Tianjiao Zhang, PhD

Tianjiao Zhang, PhD

Postdoc

Areas of interest include studies of the human navigation system, and fMRI studies in VR.
Evi Hendrikx, PhD

Evi Hendrikx, PhD

Postdoc

Areas of interest include the representation of number, space, and time.
Alicia Zeng

Alicia Zeng

Biophysics Graduate Student

Areas of interest include computational modeling of clinical deep-brain stimulation data.
Cheol Jun Cho

Cheol Jun Cho

EECS Graduate Student

Areas of interest include language, navigation, and using deep networks in data analysis and modeling.
Jen Holmberg

Jen Holmberg

Neuroscience Graduate Student

Areas of interest include brain mechanisms mediating the psychedelic experience.
Sunjae Shim

Sunjae Shim

Neuroscience Graduate Student

Areas of interest include learning in complex tasks.
Yuerou Tang

Yuerou Tang

Lab RA

Shio Chiba

Shio Chiba

Undergraduate Student

Shio is assisting in attention studies.

Current Visitors

Jaeyoung Jeon

Jaeyoung Jeon

Graduate Student at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea

Areas of interest include studies of foraging and decision making, using fMRI and VR.
Jiwoong Park

Jiwoong Park

Graduate Student at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea

Areas of interest include studies of the human navigation system, and fMRI studies in VR.
Yashaswini

Yashaswini

EECS Graduate Student

Areas of interest include clinical applications of functional imaging.

Alumni

Natalia Bilenko, PhD

Natalia Bilenko, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Bilenko is now in the technology industry.
Catherine Chen, PhD

Catherine Chen, PhD

Former EECS Graduate Student

Dr. Chen is now in the technology industry.
Tolga Cukur, PhD

Tolga Cukur, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Cukur is now a Professor at Bilkent University in Turkey. (Lab web site here.)
Stephen David, PhD

Stephen David, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. David is now a Professor at Oregon Health & Science University. (Lab web site here.)
Fatma Deniz, PhD

Fatma Deniz, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Deniz is now a Professor at the Technical University of Berlin. (Lab web site here.)
Tom Dupré la Tour, PhD

Tom Dupré la Tour, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Dupré la Tour is now in the technology industry.
Michael Eickenberg, PhD

Michael Eickenberg, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Eickenberg is now a staff scientist at the Flatiron Institute.
James Gao, PhD

James Gao, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Gao is now in the technology industry.
Robert Gibboni, PhD

Robert Gibboni, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Gibboni is now in the technology industry.
Lily Xue Gong, PhD

Lily Xue Gong, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student

Dr. Gong is now a staff scientist with Prof. Edward Chang at UCSF.
Kate Gustavsen, PhD

Kate Gustavsen, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student

Following her PhD, Dr. Gustavsen obtained her DVM and is now a veterinarian at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
Kathleen Hansen, PhD

Kathleen Hansen, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Hansen is now a teacher.
Ben Hayden, PhD

Ben Hayden, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Hayden is now a Professor at Baylor University. (Lab web site here.)
Alexander Huth, PhD

Alexander Huth, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student and Postdoc

Dr. Huth is now a Professor at UC Berkeley. (Lab web site here.)
Kendrick Kay, PhD

Kendrick Kay, PhD

Former Psychology Graduate Student

Dr. Kay is now a Professor at the University of Minnesota. (Lab web site here.)
Amanda LeBel, PhD

Amanda LeBel, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student

Dr. LeBel is now a postdoc with Prof. Anila D'Mello at UT Southwestern and UT Dallas.
Mark Lescroart, PhD

Mark Lescroart, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Lescroart is now a Professor at the University of Nevada. (Lab web site here.)
Lydia Majure, PhD

Lydia Majure, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Majure is now an organizer for the UC postdoc union.
James Mazer, PhD

James Mazer, PhD

Former Postdoc

After a long academic career as a Professor at Yale and MSU, Dr. Mazer has now moved to the technology industry.
Emily Meschke, PhD

Emily Meschke, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student

Dr. Meschke is now a postdoc in the lab of Prof. Christopher Baldassano at Columbia University.
Thomas Naselaris, PhD

Thomas Naselaris, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Naselaris is now a Professor at the University of Minnesota. (Lab web site here.)
Shinji Nishimoto, PhD

Shinji Nishimoto, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Nishimoto is now a Professor at Osaka University. (Lab web site here.)
Anwar Nunez-Elizalde, PhD

Anwar Nunez-Elizalde, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Nunez-Elizalde is now in the technology industry.
Michael Oliver, PhD

Michael Oliver, PhD

Former Vision Science Graduate Student

Dr. Oliver is now in the technology industry.
Sara Popham, PhD

Sara Popham, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student

Dr. Popham is now in the technology industry.
Ryan Prenger, PhD

Ryan Prenger, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Prenger is now in the technology industry.
Storm Slivkoff, PhD

Storm Slivkoff, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Slivkoff is now in the technology industry.
Dustin Stansbury, PhD

Dustin Stansbury, PhD

Former Bioengineering Graduate Student

Dr. Stansbury is now in the technology industry.
Christine Tseng, PhD

Christine Tseng, PhD

Former Neuroscience Graduate Student and Postdoc

Dr. Tseng is now doing a postdoc with Prof. Fatma Deniz at the Technical University of Berlin.
Bill Vinje, PhD

Bill Vinje, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Vinje is now in the technology industry.
An Vu, PhD

An Vu, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Vu is now a Professor at UCSF. (Lab web site here.)
Leila Wehbe, PhD

Leila Wehbe, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Wehbe is now a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. (Lab web site here.)
Ben Willmore, PhD

Ben Willmore, PhD

Former Postdoc

Dr. Willmore is now a Lecturer at Oxford University. (Lab web site here.)
Michele Winter, PhD

Michele Winter, PhD

Former Vision Science Graduate Student

Dr. Winter is now in the technology industry.
Michael Wu, PhD

Michael Wu, PhD

Former Graduate Student

Dr. Wu is now in the technology industry.
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