Memory Research Laboratory | Department of Psychology
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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C.V.
Nicole Miller
PhD Student, Cognitive Psychology
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
Current MA Students and RAs
- Caroline Wang, Research Assistant
- Katie O’Donnell, 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