Current Lab Members

John Henderson, lab PI.

Taylor Hayes is a Project Scientist in the lab applying computational methods to scene perception. He received his PhD in 2015 from Ohio State.

Aditya Upadhyayula joined the lab as a post-doc in 2021, with interests in scenes, language, and semantics. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University.

Ani Abovian is a first year graduate students. Her undergrad degree is from UCSD.

Alexandra Theodorou is a second-year graduate student. She holds a Masters degree from the Donders Institute.

Alan Lu is a second year graduate student. His undergrad degree is from Carnegie Mellon University.

Garrett Osaki Mark is a fourth year undergrad double majoring in biochemistry and psychology studying cognition and memory.

Kamal Sadek is an ASPIRE undergrad RA working in the lab under an honors internship. He’s a Computer Science and Engineering major.

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Graduate Student and Post-Doc Alumni

Deborah Cronin was a post-doc 2018-2021 from Univ of Illinois, and is now an assistant professor at Drake University.

Candace Peacock was awarded her PhD in 2021 and is now a post-doc at Univ of Colorado-Boulder.

Michelle Ramey was awarded her PhD in 2021 and is now a post-doc at the University of Arkansas.

Jessica Goold was a post-doc from 2018-2021 and is now a data analyst for the state of California.

Matthew Lowder was a post-doc 2014-2017 from the University of North Carolina. He’s now an assistant professor at the University of Richmond.

Wonil Choi was a post-doc 2013-2016 from the Univ of North Carolina. He’s now an assistant professor at Gwangju Institute of Science and Tech in South Korea.

was a post-doc from 2011-2013 from the the University of Illinois. He’s an assistant professor at BYU.

Joseph Schmidt was a post-doc from 2012-2014 from Stony Brook. He is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida.

Thomas Farmer was a Project Scientist in the lab in 2016-2017.

Kimberly Smith completed her PhD in COMD at South Carolina in 2015 on reading following stroke. She is an Asst Professor at .the University of South Alabama.

Melissa Vo was a post-doc from 2008-2009. She is Professor for Cognitive Psychology at Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Tim Smith was a post-doc from 2007-2010. He is Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Antje Nuthmann was a research fellow in the lab 2008-2010. She became a chaired professor at the University of Kiel (Germany) in 2017.

George Malcolm received his PhD in 2010 and is a Lecturer (Asst Prof) at the University of East Anglia in the UK.

Michi Matsukura was a post-doc 2008-2009, and is now an assistant professor at Drake University.

Parag Mital was a research assistant 2008-2010. He received his PhD at Goldsmith College and did a post-doc at Dartmouth. He currently works in tech in California.

Robin Hill was a post-doc 2008-2010. He is a research associate in the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University.

Graham Mackenzie was a post-doc 2009-2010, and is currently a research fellow at Stirling University.

David Acunzo was a PhD student in the lab from the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University.

Myriam Chanceaux was a visitor in the lab and is now at University Grenoble Alpes and CNRS, Grenoble, France.

Richard Andersson visited the lab from Lund University, where he received his PhD.

Annabelle Goujon was a post-doc in the lab funded by the Foundation Fyssen in 2008-2009. She is now at CNRS Marseilles, France.

Baris Demiral was a post-doc and lab manager, and is currently a researcher at NIH.

Andrew Hollingworth received his PhD in 2000. He is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Iowa.

Monica Castelhano received her PhD in the in 2005. She is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Queen's University in Canada.

James Brockmole was a post-doc 2003-2005. He is Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Notre Dame.

Carrick Williams received his PhD in 2003 and is a faculty member in the Psychology Department at California State University San Marcos.

Karen Butler received her PhD in 2001 and is a faculty member in the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico.

Michael Mack conducted undergraduate and masters research in the lab until 2005. He is a new assistant professor at The University of Toronto.

Phillip A. Weeks, Jr. received his PhD in 1995 and is a member of technical staff at AT&T.

Undergrad Alumni

Zoe Loh graduated in cognitive science with highest honors in 2021 and is now a grad student at UC Merced.

Jihane Eter graduated from UC Davis in 2020 in cognitive science with a computational emphasis. She now works in the tech industry.

Praveena Singh graduated and currently works as a research specialist for Cam Carter's lab while preparing for medical/grad school.

Cynthia Jones graduated from UC Davis and is currently taking a gap year.

Sungmin Park graduated from UC Davis with a computational track Cognitive Science degree.

Anyk Cajucom graduated from UC Davis with a degree in psychology.

Vishal Bhaia graduated from UC Davis. He spent a summer as a research intern at NIMH.

Svetlana Chyette graduated from UC Davis.

Mackenzie Sunday completed her honors thesis in 2014 under a Goldwater Scholarship. She's currently in the PhD program at Vanderbilt.

Rachel LeMalefant was an honors student conducting research in the lab. She is now a medical student at Drexel.

Samantha Debes visited the lab from Syracuse in our 2012 NSF summer Institute and is now a neuroscience graduate student at University of Texas, Houston.

Lena Steindorf was a visiting student in the lab in 2014 from the University of Mannheim. She worked on individual differences in reading.

Ann-Marie Raphail was a lab visitor from Skidmore College in our 2013 NSF summer Institute and is now a graduate student at Drexel University.

Jonathan Keefe was a McNair Scholar and Honors College student in the lab. He’s now a PhD student at UCSD.

Alyssa Ives was our lab manager in 2013-2014. She went on to graduate studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Parag Mital was a research assistant 2008-2010. He received his PhD at Goldsmith College and did a post-doc at Dartmouth. He currently works in tech in California.

Charles Schandl visited the lab as an undergrad RA from McMaster University in Canada.

Ben Hsieh was in honors student in 2003. He went on to his PhD at Illinois and currently works in San Francisco for YouTube.

Robert Gordon was an undergrad honors student. He is a faculty member at Auburn University.