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Marc Berman is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. He received his B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) from the University of Michigan, his Ph.D. in Psychology and IOE from the University of Michigan, and received post-doctoral training at the University of Toronto’s Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest. Before arriving to Chicago he was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. Understanding the relationship between individual psychological and neural processing and environmental factors lies at the heart of his research. His lab utilizes brain imaging, behavioral experimentation, computational neuroscience and statistical models to quantify the person, the environment, and their interactions.

To view a list of Marc’s publications, please visit his Google Scholar page.

Marc G. Berman – CV (2020)

Riley Tucker is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and the Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago. His work seeks to advance and develop scientific theories about cities and neighborhoods using computational methods to merge traditional data sources with geospatially informed online data sets such as Twitter, Yelp, and Foursquare.

Riley Tucker – CV (2024)

Elizabeth is an incoming graduate student working primarily with Dr. Greg Norman. She received her B.A. in Neuroscience with a minor in Literature from Hamilton College (‘23), where she completed an honors thesis investigating the role of parasympathetic activity, depressive symptomatology, and attentional deployment in affective evaluation of images. As a research fellow, she… Read more

Elizabeth Gaillard – CV (2023)

Kristine received her B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences with a concentration in Philosophy at MIT. While at MIT, she researched infant social cognition using fNIRS and programmed a study on the platform Children Helping Science. Kristine is interested in using neuroimaging to investigate how different environmental factors… Read more

Kristine Hocker – CV (2023)

Hassaan is a first year MPP at Harris School of Public Policy. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Lahore School of Economics in 2020. He is interested in leveraging technology for Urban Development back home in Pakistan and Beyond. His research interests lie in understanding incentives to nudge human behavior to create inclusive urban spaces.