Principal Investigator
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Rhodri Cusack, MA (Hons) Cantab, PhD
The Thomas Mitchell Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience School of Psychology Principal Investigator at SFI INFANT Centre Trinity College Dublin |
Rhodri with son, Calin
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The Team
Postdocs
Lorijn Zaadnoordijk (from Jan 2019)
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Anna Truzzi (from Jan 2019)
Studied developmental psychology at the University of Trento (Italy). My research focused on the mechanisms underlying the emergence of cognition and social behaviors. Specifically, I investigated the contribution of both individual’s predispositions and external environmental factors in shaping individuals’ behavioral and physiological responses in infancy and adulthood. |
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Graduate Students
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Chiara Caldinelli (PhD candidate)
Chiara received her bachelor’s in cognitive science and master’s in neuroscience from University of Padua, Italy, and then became a qualified psychologist, with the aim of bridging neuroscience and developmental psychology. She is interested in how early experience shapes higher cognition in infants and how the their development is disrupted by early brain injury. Chiara is also part of the OHBM Student/Postdoc Special Interest Group, president of the Dublin University Neuroscience Society, and is collaborating with the OHBM blog team. |
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Anna Kravchenko (PhD candidate)
Laura Cabral (PhD candidate, Psychology, Western University)
Laura is interested in the development of the ventral visual stream, particularly how early visual experience and innate factors interact to shape brain development, both on a region and network level. Additionally, Laura uses computational methods from machine learning to investigate brain maturity. She hopes that the methods she's working with will lead to earlier identification of perinatal brain injury, mental health disorders, and other brain diseases.
Outside of the lab, Laura is the VP Finance for the Society of Graduate Students at Western University and chairs a committee on graduate student mental health. She is involved with various science policy organizations, such as The Science and Policy Exchange (based in Montreal), and has participated in the Science Outside the Lab- North Science Policy Professional Development Program. When she's not working, she enjoys hiking and film photography.
Laura is interested in the development of the ventral visual stream, particularly how early visual experience and innate factors interact to shape brain development, both on a region and network level. Additionally, Laura uses computational methods from machine learning to investigate brain maturity. She hopes that the methods she's working with will lead to earlier identification of perinatal brain injury, mental health disorders, and other brain diseases.
Outside of the lab, Laura is the VP Finance for the Society of Graduate Students at Western University and chairs a committee on graduate student mental health. She is involved with various science policy organizations, such as The Science and Policy Exchange (based in Montreal), and has participated in the Science Outside the Lab- North Science Policy Professional Development Program. When she's not working, she enjoys hiking and film photography.
Undergraduate Students
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Anna Birbeck (Psychology Final Year Project)
Anna is in her 4th year of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. She is doing her final year project with the Cusack Lab on the development of visual selectivity in infancy. Anna is interested in developmental research and hopes to further her experience in this field after finishing her degree. |
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Cliona O'Doherty (Neuroscience Final Year Project)
Joanna Ryan (Psychology Final Year Project)
Former Members
Postdocs (Cognitive Neuroscience)
Annika Linke (Western University)
Bobby Stojanoski (Western University)
Conor Wild (Western University)
Daniel Mitchell (University of Cambridge)
Alejandro Vicente-Grabovetsky (University of Cambridge)
Jason Taylor (CamCAN, Cambridge)
Postdocs (Neuroimaging methods)
Marta Correia (University of Cambridge)
Ciara Greene (University of Cambridge)
Stefan Hetzer (University of Cambridge)
Daniel Beauregard (University of Cambridge)
Postdocs (Clinical imaging)
Jeff Crukley (Western University)
Jingyun Chen (Western University, with Mark Daley)
Hester Duffy (Western University)
Charlotte Herzmann (Western University)
Leire Zubiaurre-Elorza (Western University)
Programmer
Aya Myhr (Western University)
Research Assistants
Deborah Ness (Trinity College Dublin)
Michelle Tran (Western University)
Graduate Students
Patrick Gatutsi (MSc, Neuroscience, Western University)
Jordynne Ropat (MSc Neuroscience, Western University)
Jacob Matthews (MSc Medical Biophysics, Western University)
Michelle Tran (MSc Neuroscience, Western University)
Annika Linke (PhD University of Cambridge)
Daniel Mitchell (PhD University of Cambridge)
Michele Veldsman (PhD University of Cambridge, with Daniel Mitchell)
Alejandro Vicente-Grabovetsky (PhD University of Cambridge)
Co-Supervised Graduate Students
Sarah Thompson (PhD University of Cambridge, with Bob Carlyon)
Karolina Moutsopoulou (PhD University of Cambridge, with Tom Manly)
Chris Dodds (PhD University of Cambridge, with Tom Manly)
Polly Peers (PhD University of Cambridge, with John Duncan)
Mark Stokes (PhD University of Cambridge, with John Duncan)
Michelle Tran (Western University, Canada)
Honours students
Madison Laurel Beaty (Neuroscience, Western University)
Laura Cabral (Psychology, Western University)
Vivek John (Physiology and Pharmacology, Western)
Ronak Patel (Neuroscience, Western University)
Kristen Turner (Western University, Canada)
Angela Westgate (Psychology, Western University)
Mason Kadem (Psychology, Western University)
Kristen Turner (Psychology, Western University)
Lab Volunteers and Summer Interns
Marcus Lo (Western University)
Roni Shanoada (Western University)
Claire Chambers (visting from École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Lauren Forrest (Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, Canada)
Marcus Lo (Western University, Canada)
Andrew Nicholson (Western University, Canada)
Kim Ramos (visiting from Seton Hall University, NJ)
Annika Linke (Western University)
Bobby Stojanoski (Western University)
Conor Wild (Western University)
Daniel Mitchell (University of Cambridge)
Alejandro Vicente-Grabovetsky (University of Cambridge)
Jason Taylor (CamCAN, Cambridge)
Postdocs (Neuroimaging methods)
Marta Correia (University of Cambridge)
Ciara Greene (University of Cambridge)
Stefan Hetzer (University of Cambridge)
Daniel Beauregard (University of Cambridge)
Postdocs (Clinical imaging)
Jeff Crukley (Western University)
Jingyun Chen (Western University, with Mark Daley)
Hester Duffy (Western University)
Charlotte Herzmann (Western University)
Leire Zubiaurre-Elorza (Western University)
Programmer
Aya Myhr (Western University)
Research Assistants
Deborah Ness (Trinity College Dublin)
Michelle Tran (Western University)
Graduate Students
Patrick Gatutsi (MSc, Neuroscience, Western University)
Jordynne Ropat (MSc Neuroscience, Western University)
Jacob Matthews (MSc Medical Biophysics, Western University)
Michelle Tran (MSc Neuroscience, Western University)
Annika Linke (PhD University of Cambridge)
Daniel Mitchell (PhD University of Cambridge)
Michele Veldsman (PhD University of Cambridge, with Daniel Mitchell)
Alejandro Vicente-Grabovetsky (PhD University of Cambridge)
Co-Supervised Graduate Students
Sarah Thompson (PhD University of Cambridge, with Bob Carlyon)
Karolina Moutsopoulou (PhD University of Cambridge, with Tom Manly)
Chris Dodds (PhD University of Cambridge, with Tom Manly)
Polly Peers (PhD University of Cambridge, with John Duncan)
Mark Stokes (PhD University of Cambridge, with John Duncan)
Michelle Tran (Western University, Canada)
Honours students
Madison Laurel Beaty (Neuroscience, Western University)
Laura Cabral (Psychology, Western University)
Vivek John (Physiology and Pharmacology, Western)
Ronak Patel (Neuroscience, Western University)
Kristen Turner (Western University, Canada)
Angela Westgate (Psychology, Western University)
Mason Kadem (Psychology, Western University)
Kristen Turner (Psychology, Western University)
Lab Volunteers and Summer Interns
Marcus Lo (Western University)
Roni Shanoada (Western University)
Claire Chambers (visting from École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Lauren Forrest (Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, Canada)
Marcus Lo (Western University, Canada)
Andrew Nicholson (Western University, Canada)
Kim Ramos (visiting from Seton Hall University, NJ)