Neuroscience
| Saman Abbaspoor Graduate student | Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Hippocampal circuit dynamics in freely behaving macaques during learning and memory of sequential experiences | ||
 | Ayman Aljishi Graduate Student | Faculty Advisor: Kari Hoffman Neuroscience | |
 | Andre Bastos Assistant Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website |
Neuroscience |
 | Robert Randolph Blake Centennial Professor Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7010 512A Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Neural bases of human visual perception |
 | Brock Carlson Graduate Student | Email Lab Website 615-322-6019 426 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Alexander Maier Neuroscience I am interested in visual awareness and binocular vision within the primate brain. |
| William F. Caul Professor of Psychology, Emeritus | Email (615) 322-6019 |
Neuroscience | |
 | Jason Chow Graduate Student | Email Website Wilson Hall 517 |
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Palmeri Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Individual differences in object recognition across modalities, deep neural networks, computational modeling |
| David Coggan Postdoctoral scholar | Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience I study regions of the brain involved in vision through a range of neuroimaging techniques | ||
 | Loïc Daumail PhD Candidate | Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Research on visual perception: attention, consciousness. | |
 | Ford F. Ebner Professor of Psychology Emeritus Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology | Email (615) 343-0239 501 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Developmental neuroscience, neural plasticity |
| Mariana Gabi Research Coordinator | Email (615) 322-5245 060 Wilson Hall |
Developmental Science Neuroscience Quantitative Methods Arts and Science | |
 | Judy Garber Research Professor in Psychology and Human Development Professor of Psychiatry; Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development | Email 615-343-8417 313B Hobbs |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Neuroscience developmental psychopathology; prevention science; depression and anxiety in youth |
 | Isabel Gauthier David K. Wilson Chair of Psychology Vice Chair Department of Psychology Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences | Email Lab Website Website 308A Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Individual differences in high-level vision, expertise, object recognition |
| Isabel Gauthier David K. Wilson Chair of Psychology Vice Chair Department of Psychology Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences | Email Lab Website Website 308A Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Individual differences in high-level vision, expertise, object recognition |
 | Suzana Herculano-Houzel Associate Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Website 615-875-9086 066 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Neuroscience Quantitative Methods Interdisciplinary What are different brains made of? What is the extent of brain diversity, what are the rules and constraints, how does that happen in evolution, and what difference does it make? |
 | Kari Hoffman Associate Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website 533 WH |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience My lab studies the neural computations underlying perception, learning, and memory. We study cell assembly activity and network dynamics using high-density recording arrays, selective stimulation, and wireless recording technologies. |
 | Kathryn L. Humphreys Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology and Human Development Investigator, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Training Faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute | Email Lab Website Website |
Clinical Science Developmental Science Neuroscience developmental psychopathology; early experience; child abuse and neglect |
 | Angela L. Jefferson, PhD Director, Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer Professor of Neurology, Psychology, & Psychiatry | Email Lab Website Website 615-322-8676 |
Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience cardiovascular and cerebrovascular mechanisms affecting neuropsychological functioning, including mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer |
 | Jon Kaas Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences | Email (615) 322-6029 61 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Evolution and functional organization of sensory-perceptual, cognitive, and motor systems, neural plasticity |
 | Antonia Kaczkurkin Assistant Professor of Psychology S Family Dean's Faculty Fellow in Mental Health | Email Lab Website 615-343-6987 508 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Neuroscience Dr. Kaczkurkin’s research integrates neuroimaging, psychophysiology, and behavior to develop a comprehensive understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying anxiety and depressive disorders. |
 | Chia-Chi Liao Research Assistant Professor of Psychology | Email 615-322-2874 |
Neuroscience |
 | Alexander Maier Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website 615-322-7466 008 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Visual Perception; Binocular Vision; Thalamocortical Processing; Cortical Microcircuitry; Neurophysiology |
 | René Marois Director of Graduate Studies Professor Winkelried Family Chair in Neuroscience | Email Website (615) 322-1779 530 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Behavioral and neural bases of Human Attention and Legal Decision-making |
 | Richard C. McCarty Professor of Psychology | Email (615) 343-1746 322 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience physiological and behavioral adaptions to stress and factors contributing to development of hypertension |
 | Huiyuan Miao | Faculty Advisor: Frank Tong Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience | |
| Blake Mitchell | Faculty Advisor: Alexander Maier Neuroscience | ||
 | Hamed Nejat Graduate Student | Email Website |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Analysis and mathematical modeling of Prediction, Attention, Memory and Learning with focus on human/non-human primates. |
 | Thomas Palmeri Department Chair Distinguished Professor of Psychology Professor of Computer Science Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website (615) 343-7900 507 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience visual cognition, categorization, perceptual expertise, computational cognitive modeling, model-based cognitive neuroscience, deep learning models |
 | Sohee Park Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-3435 525 Wilson Hall |
Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Cognitive and Social Neuroscience of Psychosis-Spectrum, Self Disorders |
 | Huixin Qi Research Associate Professor | Email (615) (615) 322-5247 062 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Anatomical and functional organization of somatosensory system in primates |
 | Ramnarayan (Ram) Ramachandran Assistant Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences | Email 615-322-4991 065 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Neuronal basis of auditory and multisensory perception and behavior |
 | Jamie Reed Research Assistant Professor of Psychology | Email Website (615) 322-5245 060 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Research primarily centers on the somatosensory system of monkeys with and without sensory loss |
 | Amirsaman Sajad Research Assistant Professor | Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience I investigate how the brain monitors the outcome of our actions/decisions and uses this to improve our subsequent actions and decisions | |
 | Jeffrey D. Schall Adjoint Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website (615) 322-0868 525 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Neuorophysiological, anatomical, and computational studies of visual attention, executive control, and decision making |
 | Iwona Stepniewska Research Associate Professor | Email (615) 322-5263 063 Wilson Hall |
Neuroscience Anatomical and functional organization of motor and sensory systems in primates |
 | Frank Tong Centennial Professor of Psychology Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-1780 531 Wilson |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Neural bases of human visual perception, face and object recognition, visual attention, awareness, and working memory |
 | Sophia Vinci-Booher Assistant Professor of Psychology and Human Development | Email 6153437365 |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Cognition in Context Developmental Science Neuroscience |
| Neelima Wagley Postdoctoral Scholar | Email Lab Website Hobbs 425 |
Faculty Advisor: James Booth Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Neuroscience | |
 | Mark Wallace Louise B. McGavock Chair of Neuroscience Professor of Psychology Professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Pharmacology, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | Email Lab Website 615-936--6709 7110 MRB III |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience |
 | Qimeng Wang Graduate Student | Email 313 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Jon Kaas Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience |
 | Thilo Womelsdorf Professor of Psychology | Email Lab Website Wilson 006 |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Circuit- and systems- level studies of attentional control and learning |
 | Geoffrey F. Woodman Professor of Psychology E. Bronson Ingram Chair of Neuroscience, Director of National Eye Institute T32 | Email Lab Website Website (615) 322-0049 502 Wilson Hall |
Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Attention, memory, neurophysiology of selective processing and cognitive control |
 | Yihan (Sophy) Xiong Graduate Student | Email 311 Wilson Hall; 012 Wilson Hall |
Faculty Advisor: Andre Bastos Neuroscience Neurophysiology of prediction and consciousness |
| Linhe Xu | Faculty Advisor: Suzana Herculano Neuroscience Interdisciplinary | ||
 | Brianna L. Yamasaki Postdoctoral Scholar | Email Website |
Faculty Advisor: James Booth Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Developmental Science Neuroscience |
 | David H. Zald Adjoint Professor of Psychology Director of the Affective Neuroscience Laboratory | Clinical Science Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Neuroscience Neuropsychology and neuroimaging, functions of the orbitofrontal cortex and amygdala and their relationship to psychiatric conditions |