Lab Director

Andy Leber
Associate Professor, Psychology
Director, Center for Cognitive & Brain Sciences
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
leber.30@osu.edu
He, him, his
[CV] [google scholar] [pubmed]
Post-Doctoral Researchers

Seah Chang
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
M.S., Korea University
chang.2127@osu.edu
She, her, hers
[website]
Working jointly with Julie Golomb
Graduate Students

Heather Hansen
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
hansen.508@osu.edu
She, her, hers
Working jointly with Zeynep Saygin

Tianyu Zhang
M.S., Fordham University
zhang.11476@osu.edu
He, him, his

Jenny Lin
B.A., New York University Abu Dhabi
lin.3913@osu.edu
She, her, hers

Isaac Savelson
B.S., Binghamton University SUNY
savelson.1@osu.edu
He, Him, His
Lab Manager

Mackenzie Siesel
Neuroscience
College of Arts and Sciences
siesel.24@osu.edu
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Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hannah Ackley
Computer Science & Engineering
College of Engineering
ackley.77@osu.edu
She, her, hers

Ben Dominguez
Neuroscience
College of Arts and Sciences
dominguez.84@osu.edu
He, him, his

Aliya Elkon
Neuroscience
College of Arts and Sciences
elkon.3@osu.edu

Saachi Kuthe
Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
kuthe.2@osu.edu
She/They, her/them, hers/theirs

Payton Messersmith
Public Management, Leadership, and Policy & Psychology
John Glenn College of Public Affairs
messersmith.14@osu.edu
He/They, him/them, his/theirs

Phelix Rodriguez
Neuroscience
College of Arts and Sciences
rodriguez.1001@osu.edu
He, him, his

Ana Roman
Neuroscience & Romance Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
roman.182@osu.edu
She, her, hers

Janhavi Sahasrabudhe
Neuroscience
College of Arts and Sciences
sahasrabudhe.8@osu.edu
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Spiritual Guide

Mochi
Canis familiaris
Also in Vision & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
Lab Alumni
Postdocs:
Bo-Yeong Won (Postdoc: 2014-2016)
After CCLab: Postdoc, Department of Psychology, UC Davis
[website] [google scholar]
Jessica Irons (Postdoc: 2014-2018)
After CCLab: Behavioural Science Specialist, Australian Government
[researchgate] [google scholar]
Ayala Allon (Postdoc: 2018-2019)
Current: Data Scientist, Retrain.ai
[linkedIn] [GitHub] [google scholar]
Graduate Students:
Erika Wells (Ph.D. 2012)
After CCLab: Visiting Assistant Professor, Union College
Current: Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Boston University
[website]
Jennifer Lechak Claydon (Ph.D. 2013)
After CCLab: Director of Disability Support Services, Fairfield University
Current: Assistant Director, Training Assessment, Center for Teaching & Learning, Yale University
Lisa Heisterberg (Ph.D. 2021)
Current: Completing M.D. at Ohio State (via Medical Sci. Training Program)
Yoolim Hong (Ph.D. 2021)
Paul Scotti (Ph.D. 2022)
After CCLab: Postdoctoral researcher, Princeton University
Undergraduate Thesis Students:
Brendan Everett (B.A. 2010)
After CCLab: M.D. Program, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
Elizabeth Weber Ollen (B.A. 2010)
After CCLab: M.A. Program, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
Current: Ph.D. Program, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Clark University
Erin Kuta (B.A. 2011)
After CCLab: Research Coordinator, Tufts Medical Center
MPH/RD Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Sarah Tower-Richardi (B.A. 2011)
After CCLab: Research Assistant, Tufts University Department of Psychology
Current: Senior Analyst, Anderson Robbins Research
Ryan O’Toole (B.S. 2012)
After CCLab: Research Assistant, Sanford Medical Center, University of South Dakota
Current: Ph.D. Program, Neuroscience, Dartmouth University
Mark Scimone (B.S. 2013)
After CCLab: M.A. Program, Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
Current: Ph.D. Program, Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
Rebecca Freeman (B.S. 2016)
After CCLab: D.D.S. Program, University of Michigan
Lydia Kwong (B.S. 2017)
After CCLab: M.A. Program, Bioethics, Duke University
Walden Li (B.S. 2020)
After CCLab: Bioinformatics Software Developer, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Elliot Ping (B.S. 2020)
After CCLab: Research Assistant, Psychology, The Ohio State University
Current: J.D. program, Yale School of Law
Dana Shaw (B.S. 2020)
After CCLab: Ph.D. Program, Neuroscience, Boston University
Additional Lab Personnel (selected):
Rachael Gwinn (Full-time Research Assistant / Lab Manager, 2012-2014)
After CCLab: Ph.D. Program, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University
Molly McKinney (Full-time Research Assistant / Lab Manager, 2017-2022)
After CCLab: Research Assistant, Psychology, Texas A&M University