Erie Boorman
Assistant Professor, Center for Mind and Brain and Department of Psychology
Director, Learning and Decision Making Lab
edboorman@ucdavis.edu

Seongmin A. Park
Assistant Project Scientist, Center for Mind and Brain and Center for Neuroscience
seongmin.a.park@gmail.com

Research Interests:
The aim of my research is to understand how brains generalize previous experiences, construct structural knowledge, and make a novel decision. My research approach combines behavioral economics, neuroimaging (fMRI and EEG), and computational modeling. 

Mark Orloff
Postdoctoral Researcher
maorloff@ucdavis.edu

Degree:  PhD, Virginia Tech
Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health

Research Interests: 
I use computational modeling of neuroeconomic tasks combined with fMRI and intracranial recordings to understand how value-based information is organized and represented in the brain. 
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Hobbies: rock climbing, disc golf, snowboarding, video games

Lily Zhang
Graduate Student​, Department of Psychology
lczhang@ucdavis.edu

Degree:  B.A. Colgate University. 
Mathematical Economics & Behavioral Neuroscience
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Research Interests: 
​Neural mechanisms in reinforcement learning. Neuroeconomics. Decision-making regulated by emotions. 

Sarah​ Sweigart
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
ssweigart@ucdavis.edu​

Degree: Psychology and Economics​

Research Interests:
Studying the neural mechanisms of value judgments, learning, risky decisions, and memory.​

Phillip Witkowski
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
​pwitkowski@ucdavis.edu

Degree: B.A. Psychology / B.A. Anthropology

Primary Academic Interests: The neural mechanisms the underlie causal learning, information sampling and visual attention
Secondary Academic Interest: Anthropology and philosophy of science
Hobbies: Traditional archery, Dungeons and Dragons, listening to metal.

Carlos Carrasco 
Graduate Student, Neuroscience Graduate Group, Department of Psychology
cdcarrasco@ucdavis.edu 

Degree: B.S. Neuroscience 

Research Interests:
Neural Mechanisms of decision making, memory, and causal learning.
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Hobbies: Guitar, skateboarding, watching youtube, hanging out with friends. 

Nam Anh Nguyen
Junior Specialist & Lab Manager
naanguyen@ucdavis.edu
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Degree: B.A. Psychology

​Research Interests: Structural learning and cognitive maps.

Hobbies: Piano, music (modern/indie jazz, soul, R&B), badminton, clinical psychology (Rogers, Jung).

Anastasia Leones
Undergraduate Research Assistant
​acleones@ucdavis.edu

Degree: B.S. Biopsychology

Research Interests:  Hello! I'm Anastasia. I am interested in research, specifically learning and decision making. After graduation, I hope to work in a NIH post-bac program as a junior specialist before applying to graduate school for my PhD in neuroscience. 

Hobbies: Weight-lifting, hiking/exploring new places, drawing, and cooking.

Mia Fagan
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Degree: B.S. Cognitive Science, Minor in Economics

Research Interests: I’m interested in acquiring lab experience involving the interdisciplinary nature of learning and decision making.

Hobbies: ​Cooking, working out, spending time with friends and family.

Riddhi Barbhaiya
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Degree: B.S. Cognitive Science and Statistics

Research Interests: I am interested in how computational methods can be used to understand the neural mechanisms of memory and learning. 

Hobbies: ​Running, hiking, skating, embroidery.

Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Alexandria Yip