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David A. Gallo

David A. Gallo

Lab Director, Professor of Psychology

David A. Gallo joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 2005. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1997, his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002, and was an NIH-sponsored postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University until 2005. He researches the basic neurocognitive processes of human memory, how we actively (and sometimes inaccurately) reconstruct the past, and how healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease affect these processes.

email: dgallo [at] uchicago.edu

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Nicole Miller

Nicole Miller

PhD Student, Cognitive Psychology

Nicole is interested in investigating memory deficits and compensation in cognitively-healthy older adults, as well as exploring context reinstatement in relation to the production of false memories.

email: nicolemiller [at] uchicago.edu

Tesnim Arar

Tesnim Arar

PhD Student, Cognitive Psychology

Tesnim’s research interests encompass the theoretical and applied dimensions of human memory and learning. Broadly speaking, she seeks to ascertain how metacognition affects mnemonic processes, how the relationship between metacognition and memory is impacted by aging and other factors, and whether metacognitive beliefs can be harnessed to produce positive behavioral outcomes.

email:  tesnimarar [at] uchicago.edu

Madeline Sullivan

Madeline Sullivan

PhD Student, Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Madeline’s research interests center on memory in the context of cognitive aging, with a particular focus on the differences in memory decline between healthy and pathological aging. She aims to identify subtle yet detectable memory impairments that may serve as early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease.

email:  sullivanma [at] uchicago.edu

Carina Samson

Carina Samson

Research Study Coordinator / Lab Manager

Current MA Students and RAs

  • Jolin Liu, Research Assistant
  • Ameia Booker-Smith, Research Assistant

Former Ph.D. Students

  • Gabriella Hirsch, Ph.D. ’21
  • Manoj Doss, Ph.D. ’18
  • Yung-Tsen Chen, Ph.D. ’18
  • Stephen Gray, Ph.D. ’16
  • Jessica Wong, Ph.D. ’13
  • Sasha Cervantes, Ph.D. ’13
  • Ian McDonough, Ph.D. ’11

Lab Alumni

  • Marty Snarskis, Lab Manager
  • Mia Resa, MA ’22
  • Taylor Chamberlain, Lab Manager
  • Christina (Sumin) Yu, MA ’19
  • Xian Li, MA ’19
  • Zhoucheng Zhu, MA ’18
  • Tiara Starks, MA ’17
  • Lidia Wong, MA ’17
  • Mariko Lytell, MA ’14
  • Sean Burns, MA ’13
  • Dina Khaimova, MA ’13
  • Laurel Sarfan, MA ’13
  • Matt Sazma, MA ’12
  • Maor Roytman, MA ’12
  • Eneida Revueltas, MA ’11
  • Jonathan Siegel, MA ’11
  • Laura Korthauer, MA ’10
  • Emily Newman, MA ’10
  • Erica L. Cohen, MA ’08
  • Elizabeth R. Smyth, MA ’08
  • Robert R. Zimmerman, III, MA ’08
  • Melissa R. Borkon, MA ’07