Lab Alumni

M.S. Western Illinois University, 2003
B.S. Southeast Missouri State, 1997

Kara worked in the lab from the fall of 2004 to the summer of 2005. She studied how age affects visuo-spatial reasoning with Pascale Michelon.

B.A. Washington University in St. Louis, 2003

Rohini worked in the lab throughout her undergraduate career on several experiments that investigated the application of mental spatial transformations to organic chemistry. She successfully completed and presented her senior honors thesis on the project in Spring of 2003.

After graduation, Rohini moved south and began medical school in July of 2003 at University of Texas, San Antonio.

Senior, Wentzville Holt High School

Chanise worked with Alfred on spatial reasoning experiments, including mental rotation.

Washington University in St. Louis, Undergraduate

Albert is an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Zacks’s lab. He is currently working on an event segmentation study with Chris Kurby.

Washington University in St. Louis, Undergraduate

Risa is an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Zacks’s lab. She is currently working with Alfred Yu on studies of handle-compatibility effects.

Ty was a member of the lab during the spring of 2005. He worked with Jeff on a meta-analysis examining the quantitative results of neuroimaging studies of mental rotation and specific brain sites that are reliably involved in mental rotation.

Senior, Charles Linbergh High School

Stephanie worked with Heather Bailey and Charlie Brenner in the summer of 2012 on a project looking at working memory updating for narrative comprehension in younger adults.

B.S. Psychology
– University of Texas-Pan American, 2011

Shaney was the lab manager and research assistant in Dr. Zacks’ Lab from 2011-2016. He worked on studies related to event perception, aging and memory, and spatial memory. He now currently works as a Research Assistant at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine.

Mobolaji Fowose
DBBS-Amgen 2013 Summer Intern

Senior, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Mobolaji “Mo” Fowose was a DBBS-Amgen Biotechnologies summer research intern during the summer of 2013. She is currently a rising senior at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County pursuing a B.S. in Pre-Med Biology with plans to attend medical school after graduation. 

During her time with the lab, she worked with Michelle Eisenberg on a project examining event perception in PTSD populations using optical imaging.

B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
– Washington University in St. Louis, 2014

Brian joined the lab in January 2005. He is worked with Khena on a study on eye-tracking and event segmentation.

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology (neuropsychology stream)
– York University, 2012

M.A. Clinical Psychology
– York University, 2006

B.S. Psychology & Life Sciences
– University of Western Ontario, 2003

B.A. Washington University in St. Louis, 2002

Andrea ran experiments investigating the effects of mental rotation of objects and the effects of novelty items on memory.

B.S. Psychology – University of Iowa, 2008

Nayiri was the Research Assistant/Lab Manager in Dr. Zacks’ Lab from 2008 to 2010. She is now a graduate student at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor studying Environmental Education.

Alex Haubold is a former architecture student who is now pursuing a degree in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology. He previously assisted Lauren Richmond with projects investigating event segmentation and spatial navigation. He is now working with Michelle Eisenberg on project investigating the mechanisms of prediction.

Jessica is a freshman student with an undeclared first major (will be either Biology: Neuroscience or Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology in the future) with a second major in Spanish. Her research interests include spatial cognition, brain-machine interfaces (i.e. neuroprosthetics), microexpressions, and multi-tasking. Jessica hopes to pursue a graduate education in either engineering or biology. Currently, she is working with Jesse Sargent on studies examining the role of event segmentation on spatial navigation.

B.A. Kenyon College, 2003

Becky was the lab manager, and a research assistant.

Washington University in St. Louis, Undergraduate

Senior, Francis Marion University

Devin is an undergraduate from Francis Marion University in South Carolina majoring in Biology & Psychology (minor in Chemistry). He spent the summer of 2015 in St. Louis assisting Lauren Richmond with projects investigating event segmentation and spatial memory. He is most interested in the MSTP (Medical Scientist Training Program) including research involving memory, aging, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Washington University in St. Louis, Undergraduate

Sarah is an undergraduate researcher in the lab. She is currently assisting Charlie Brenner on projects investigating reading comprehension and event segmentation.

B.A. Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
– Washington University in St. Louis, 2014

Claudia was an undergraduate Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP) student working in the lab. Her research interests include memory, attention, multi-tasking, and social psychology (particularly actor-observer bias and the bystander effect). She hopes to pursue a career in psychology/neuroscience or medicine. Claudia graduated from Washington University in Spring 2014 and is currently working as a resesearch associate at John Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Angela is an undergraduate assisting Michelle Eisenberg with eyetracking studies to determine the role of predictive looking on event segmentation. Previously in our lab, Angela assisted Lauren Richmond with studies relating event segmentation to memory for spatial navigation in environments.

Washington University in St. Louis, Undergraduate in PNP