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• Elected as one of four vision researchers to serve a two-year term as organizer for OPAM, a national conference that showcases graduate and postdoctoral researchers (80 presenters, over 200 attendees annually).
• Reviewed and evaluated the scientific merit of dozens of academic submissions from across the country.

• My research targets the mechanisms that underly visual attention. I am interested in how the visual system allows us to "choose" some relevant visual information, while ignoring distractions.
• Generated multiple research programs aimed at exploring neural mechanisms of visual attention.
• Received a two-year fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (T32 NS047987)
• Conducted behavioral experiments addressing limits of visual attention, and associations between attention and perception.-- 2 manuscripts in print or under review (1 first authorship), 2 manuscripts in preparation (1.

• Completed several successful research programs addressing broad areas of visual cognition (visual search, the influence of memory and rewards on attention, navigating virtual environments, change blindness), human.
• Developed expertise in MATLAB computer programming for psychology experiments.-- Independently programmed all experiments for doctoral thesis work.-- Hired as a paid programmer for multiple laboratories.-- Led MATLAB.
• Led lectures and provided individual student instruction for multiple semesters of college and graduate-level psychology courses: Computers in Visual Cognition Research (3 Semesters), Sensation and Perception (3.

• Department of Psychology - Monitored animal behavior in a language learning experiment.
• Department of Psychology and Department of Robotics - Collected human movement data using a virtual haptic interface.
• Entertainment Technology Center-- Designed an experiment to judge the educational value of a museum-based virtual experience.-- Created models and animation for “Mario Brothers,” the finale for the 2002 Building.

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Phd, Psychology

Ba, Psychology