Director

Thackery Brown, Ph.D.

Thackery received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Boston University under the mentorship of Dr. Chantal Stern, and completed his postdoctoral training at Stanford University with Dr. Anthony Wagner. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology, a member of the Center for Advanced Brain Imaging (CABI) and Georgia Tech Neuroscience, and a Network Scholar of The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience.

 

Post-doctoral Fellows

Qiliang He, Ph.D.

  • qiliang.he at psych.gatech.edu

Graduate Students

Jancy Liu, B.S.

Master’s Candidate in Economics (Economics)

  • jancyll at gatech.edu

Paulina Maxim, B.S.

Doctoral Candidate in Cognition and Brain Science (Psychology)

  • paulina.maxim at gatech.edu

Yiren Ren, B.A.

Doctoral Candidate in Cognition and Brain Science (Psychology)

  • yiren at gatech.edu

Jon Starnes, M.A.

Doctoral Candidate in Cognition and Brain Science (Psychology)

  • jstarnes3 at gatech.edu

 

Research Assistants

Tal Ben-Yishai – Neuroscience

  • tbenyishai3 at gatech.edu

Elizabeth Beveridge – Neuroscience

  • ebeveridge at gatech.edu

Tanya Churaman – Computer Science

  • tanyachuraman at gatech.edu

Sarah Freeman – Neuroscience

  • sarahfreeman at gatech.edu

Andrew Han – Computer Science

  • ahan45 at gatech.edu

Sai Nakirikanti – Neuroscience

  • anakirikanti3 at gatech.edu

Rhea Nichani – Neuroscience

  • rnichani3 at gatech.edu

Rahul Thimmugari – Neuroscience

  • rgurram4611 at gatech.edu

Lab Alumni

Deepika Pahari – Biochemistry

Samar Abdelmageed – Psychology

Brandon Cho – Neuroscience

Sarah Goodroe – Psychology

Senior Thesis: Which Navigation Strategy is Best?  The Importance of Spatial Strategy in a Landmark-free Environment is Moderated by Sense of Direction and Prior Learning