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Dr. Jin Fan
Dr. Jin Fan is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Queens College, the City University of New York. He received his PhD from New York University, followed by post-doctoral training at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Before joining Queens College, he worked at Mount Sinai School of Medicine as an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry. Dr. Fan's research focuses on human attentional processes conceptualized as a system of anatomical areas forming specialized networks. Through independent research and collaboration, he has conducted behavioral, developmental, and patient-based studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging, event related potentials, genetics, and computational modeling to investigate the anatomy, circuitry, pathology, and development of attentional networks. Dr. Fan has expertise in cognitive and affective neuroscience, specifically various neuroimaging methods.
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Research Associate |
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Nicholas T. Van Dam, M.A.
Nicholas received his B.S. in Neurobiology & Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2005. He received his M.A. in clinical psychology from the University at Albany, State University of New York in 2009. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Psychology PhD Program at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and will begin his pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Yale Stress Center, part of the Yale University Medical School in the summer of 2012. Nicholas has been a research associate, working with Dr. Fan on the neuroimaging and neurophysiology of cognitive control and attention, especially in the context of emotional processing, since 2010. |
Doctoral Students |
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Tehila Eilam-Stock
I am Ph.D. student in clinical neuropsychology. I received my Bachelor's degree in psychology and music from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After completing my BA, I researched the effects of Bisphenol-A on learning and memory at Hunter College under Professor Victoria Luine, where I received my Master's degree. I am currently interested in Emotional processing in both healthy and autistic individuals. |
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Melissa-Ann Mackie
Melissa is a native of Trinidad & Tobago who moved to New York in 2001 to complete her Bachelor's and then Master's degrees in Psychology. Melissa is currently a graduate student in the Clinical Neuropsychology Ph.D. program at Queens College, and has been a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience lab since Fall 2011. She is currently working on examining cognitive control, and integrating this with an existing theory of attention to help elucidate the construct of cognitive control and the mechanisms through which it operates. |
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Master's Students |
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Mallorie Lenn
Mallorie Lenn is a second year Master of Arts in Behavioral Neuroscience student. She is currently working on her thesis, which involves research in bodily awareness and psychological processes. Before entering graduate school, Mallorie was a Physical Education Instructor and Athletic Director at a small private school in southern California. Her undergraduate degree in Psychology was obtained at the University of Notre Dame, where she received a full athletic scholarship. Her plans after graduation are to continue working in the field of Cognitive Neuroscience, with goals of applying to a Clinical Neuropsychology PhD Program. |
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Jariel Palomino
Jariel graduated from Queens College BA program in Psychology with a concentration in neuroscience. As an undergraduate he was worked in Dr. Susan Croll’s epilepsy research lab. He is currently in his first year as a Master of Arts in the Behavioral Neuroscience program and has been a part the cognitive neuroscience lab since fall 2011. Jariel’s current focus is on the cognition emotion interaction, and cognitive control. His goals are to see how current research in the lab can translate to clinical applications. |
Visiting Student |
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Pengfei Xu
Pengfei Xu is a visiting doctoral student from the State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning at Beijing Normal University. |
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