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FACULTY

Faculty

William H. Batchelder, Professor
(949) 824-7271, 6336
whbatche@uci.edu
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Mathematical models of learning and memory, mathematical psychology and measurement
 

Bruce G. Berg, Associate Professor
(949) 824-7920
bgberg@uci.edu
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Audition, auditory attention, psychophysics of complex sounds, computational models of hearing
 

Myron L. Braunstein, Professor Emeritus
(949) 824-5431, 2519
mlbrauns@uci.edu
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Visual perception
 

Alyssa A. Brewer, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-1501
aabrewer@uci.edu
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Neuroimaging of visual perception, visual deficits, and neurological disorders
 

Charlie Chubb, Professor
(949) 824-1481
cfchubb@uci.edu
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Visual perception, mathematical modeling, histogram contrast analysis
 

Barbara A. Dosher, Dean of Social Sciences, Professor
(949) 824-7373
bdosher@uci.edu
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Human information processing, memory retrieval, attention, visual perception
 

Michael D'Zmura, Department Chair, Professor
(949) 824-2969, 4055
mdzmura@uci.edu
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Vision, hearing, language, brain-computer interfaces
 

Jean-Claude Falmagne, Professor Emeritus
(949) 824-4880
jcf@uci.edu
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Mathematical behavioral sciences
 

Emily D. Grossman, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-1530
grossman@uci.edu
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Visual perception, neuroimaging
 

Gregory S. Hickok, Professor
(949) 824-1409
greg.hickok@uci.edu
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Neuroanatomy of language, neural plasticity, neuroimaging, cognitive neuroscience
 

Donald D. Hoffman, Professor
(949) 824-6795
ddhoff@uci.edu
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Machine and human vision, visual recognition, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, consciousness and cognition, shape from motion
 

Geoffrey J. Iverson, Professor
(949) 824-4053
giverson@uci.edu
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Mathematical psychology, psychophysics, statistics
 

Mary Louise Kean, Professor Emerita
(949) 824-4029
mlkean@uci.edu
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Cognitive neuropsychology, biological foundation of higher mental processes
 

Jeffrey Krichmar, Associate Professor
(949) 824-5888
jkrichma@uci.edu
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Computational neuroscience, robotics
 

Michael D. Lee, Professor, Honors Program Advisor
(949) 824-5074
mdlee@uci.edu
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Mathematical and computational models of stimulus representation, categorization, memory decision-making, problem solving
 

R. Duncan Luce, Distinguished Professor Emeritus
(949) 824-6239
rdluce@uci.edu
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Axiomatic measurement, decision theory, psychophysics, response times
 

Virginia A. Mann, Professor
(949) 824-9632
vmann@uci.edu
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Reading ability: phoneme awareness, developmental dyslexia, phonological skills, early intervention, precocious readers; speech perception: context effects, cross-linguistic comparisons
 

Louis E. Narens, Professor
(949) 824-5360 6336
lnarens@uci.edu
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Measurement, logic, metacognition
 

Lisa Pearl, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-0156
lpearl@uci.edu
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Linguistics, computational linguistics, language development, language change, Bayesian models
 

Virginia M. Richards, Professor
(949) 824-2051
v.m.richards@uci.edu
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Auditory perception and cognition, human psychophysics
 

Kourosh Saberi, Professor
(949) 824-6310
saberi@uci.edu
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Signal detection, psychophysics, cortical neuroscience, sensory genetics
 

Barbara Sarnecka, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-8495
sarnecka@uci.edu
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Cognitive development, language development, number concepts, conceptual change, individual cognitive development, historical development of science and mathematics
 

George Sperling, UCI Distinguished Professor
(949) 824-6879
sperling@uci.edu
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Empirical studies of human information processing: short-term visual memory systems, attention, visual perception, 3D object recognition; mathematical, computational and neural models of visual processes: light adaptation, temporal sensitivity, contrast detection, motion and texture, perception, stereopsis and attention. Brain imaging: EEG, MEG, fMRI
 

Jon Sprouse, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-8444
jsprouse@uci.edu
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Linguistics, syntax, psycholinguistics
 

Ramesh Srinivasan, Associate Professor
(949) 824-8659
r.srinivasan@uci.edu
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Cognitive neuroscience, brain development, consciousness, perception, EEG, brain dynamics
 

Mark Steyvers, Professor
(949) 824-7642
mark.steyvers@uci.edu
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Semantic influences in recognition and recall, computational models for knowledge extraction, dynamic decision making models, causal reasoning, bayesian networks
 

William C. Watt, Professor Emeritus
(949) 824-7272
wcwatt@uci.edu
Homepage

Cognitive semiotics
 

Charles E. Wright, Associate Professor
(949) 824-7589
cewright@uci.edu
Homepage

Cognitive psychology, human motor control, Fitts task, aimed movements, handwriting, immersive virtual reality, 1/f noise, quantitative models
 

John I. Yellott, Professor Emeritus
(949) 824-7278
jyellott@uci.edu
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Mathematical psychology, visual perception
 

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AFFILIATED FACULTY

Affiliated Faculty

Lawrence Cahill, Associate Professor
(949) 824-1937
lfcahill@uci.edu
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Neural mechanisms of emotionally influenced memory
 

Charless Fowlkes, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-6945
fowlkes@ics.uci.edu
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Statistical approaches to perceptual organization in low and mid-level vision
 

Elizabeth F. Loftus, Distinguished Professor
(949) 824-3285
eloftus@uci.edu
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Human memory, memory and law, jury decision making
 

Gary S. Lynch, Professor
(949) 824-7001
glynch@uci.edu
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Cellular mechanisms of regional vulnerability in brain aging and aging-related neurodegeneration; Mechanisms of synaptic plasticity: LTP, glutamate receptors and cell adhesion molecules
 

David C. Lyon, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-0447
dclyon@uci.edu
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Visual cortex, pulvinar nucleus, orientation selectivity, neurophysiology and anatomy, optical imaging
 

James L. McGaugh, Research Professor
(949) 824-5401, 5250
james.mcgaugh@uci.edu
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Neurobiology of learning and memory.
 

John C. Middlebrooks, Professor
(949) 824-0119
j.midd@uci.edu
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Psychophysics of spatial hearing, cortical processing of complex sounds, hearing impairment, auditory prostheses
 

Tugan Muftuler, Assistant Professor
(949) 824-6290
tugan.muftuler@uci.edu
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Magnetic resonance imaging
 

A. Kimball Romney, Research Professor
(949) 824-6797, 6336
akromney@uci.edu
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Mathematical behavioral science, consensus analysis, quantitative anthropology
 

Michael D. Rugg, Professor
(949) 824-8531
mrugg@uci.edu
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Human memory, EEG, fMRI, neuroimaging, aging
 

Arnold Starr, Research Professor
(949) 824-6088
astarr@uci.edu
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Neurological disorders affecting cognition, sensation and motor behaviors
 

Hal Stern, Professor, Chair of Statistics
(949) 824-5392
sternh@uci.edu
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Statistics, Applications of statistics to biological and social sciences, sports and statistics
 

James M. Swanson, Director, Child Development Center
(949) 824-1824
jmswanso@uci.edu
Homepage

ADD, ADHD, child development
 

Fan-Gang Zeng, Professor
(949) 824-1539
fzeng@uci.edu
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Cochlear implant, auditory neuroscience, psychophysics, speech perception, auditory neuropathy
 

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LECTURERS

Lecturers

Bob Byde, Lecturer
(949) 824-1500, 5487
rwbyde@uci.edu
 

Gerardo Canul, Lecturer
(949) 824-1500, 5487
gcanul@uci.edu
 

Lawrence A. Howard, Lecturer
(949) 824-1500, 5487
lahoward@uci.edu
 

Jacklyn Lewis, Lecturer
(949) 824-1500, 5487
jlewis@uci.edu
 

Christine Lofgren, Lecturer, Undergraduate Director
(949) 824-8497
crlofgre@uci.edu

Human problem solving, computer assisted instruction, sex differences in mathematics
 

Sheila Vaughn, Lecturer
(949) 824-1500, 5487
sjvaughn@uci.edu
 

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RESEARCHERS AND POST-DOCS

Researchers and Post-Docs

Diogo Almeida, Postdoctoral Scholar
(949) 824-2879
dalmeida@uci.edu
 

Donald Bamber, Specialist
(949) 824-6336
dbamber@uci.edu
 

Wilson Chu, Postdoctoral Scholar
(949) 824-6834
wilson.chu@uci.edu
 

Brian Cox, Associate Development Engineer
(949) 824-7172
coxb@uci.edu
 

Stefanie Drew, Assistant Specialist
(949) 824-7558
stefanie.drew@uci.edu
 

Nicole Gage, Assistant Researcher
(949) 824-1297
ngage@uci.edu
 

John Hagedorn, Associate Specialist, Lecturer
(949) 824-3834
jhagedor@uci.edu
 

Richard Hetley, Postdoctoral Scholar
(949) 824-6834
rhetley@uci.edu
 

Pamela Jeter, Assistant Specialist
(949) 824-6834
pjeter@uci.edu
 

Vladimir Lefebvre, Researcher
(949) 824-5168
valefebv@uci.edu
 

Micah Richert, Postdoctoral Scholar
(949) 824-7172
mrichert@uci.edu
 

Feng Rong, Postdoctoral Scholar
(949) 824-2879
frong@uci.edu
 

W. Rodman Shankle, Associate Researcher
(949) 723-4106
rshankle@mccare.com
 

Ragnar Steingrimsson, Assistant Project Scientist
(949) 824-6336
ragnar@uci.edu
 

Kenny Vaden, Assistant Specialist
(949) 824-2879
kvaden@uci.edu
 

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Graduate Students

Royce Anders
andersr@uci.edu
Advisor: Batchelder
 

Derrik Asher
dasher@uci.edu
Advisor: Brewer
 

Michael Avery
averym@uci.edu
Advisor: Krichmar
 

Brian Barton
bbarton@uci.edu
Advisor: Brewer
 

Ewa Borucki
eborucki@uci.edu
Advisor: Berg
 

David Bridwell
dbridwel@uci.edu
Advisor: Srinivasan
 

Bernice Chiang
bernicec@uci.edu
Advisor: Kean
 

Robert Coleman
colemanr@uci.edu
Advisor: D'Zmura
 

Hilary Cunninghan
hcunning@uci.edu
Advisor: Sprouse
 

Samhita Dasgupta
samhita@uci.edu
Advisor: Grossman
 

Siyi Deng
sdeng@uci.edu
Advisor: Srinivasan
 

Veronica Eckstein
veckstei@uci.edu
Advisor: Berg
 

Amy Escobar
escobara@uci.edu
Advisor: Hoffman
 

Christopher Fagan
cfagan@uci.edu
Advisor: Chubb
 

Paul Fillmore
pfillmor@uci.edu
Advisor: Hickok
 

Javier Garcia
jogarcia@uci.edu
Advisor: Grossman
 

Shaw Gillespie
gillesps@uci.edu
Advisor: Braunstein
 

Meghan Goldman
mcgoldma@uci.edu
Advisor: Sarnecka
 

Assal Habibi
habibia@uci.edu
Advisor: Starr
 

Pernille Hemmer
phemmer@uci.edu
Advisor: Steyvers
 

Christian Herrera Ortiz
cherrer2@uci.edu
Advisor: 
 

Cort Horton
chorton@uci.edu
Advisor: Srinivasan
 

Arvin Hsu
athsu@uci.edu
Advisor: Sperling
 

Sabine Huemer
shuemer@uci.edu
Advisor: Mann
 

Lisette Isenberg
aisenber@uci.edu
Advisor: Hickok
 

Lavanya Krishnan
lkrishna@uci.edu
Advisor: Srinivasan
 

Tom Lappas
tlappas@uci.edu
Advisor: D'Zmura
 

Ling Lin
llin3@uci.edu
Advisor: Sperling
 

Jennifer Lindsay
jlindsay@uci.edu
Advisor: Mann
 

Son-Hee Lyu
sonheel@uci.edu
Advisor: Sperling
 

Dale Maddox
cmaddox@uci.edu
Advisor: Hickok
 

Daniel Mann
dmann@uci.edu
Advisor: Chubb/Wright
 

Brian Marion
bmarion@uci.edu
Advisor: Hoffman
 

Justin Mark
jtmark@uci.edu
Advisor: Hoffman
 

William Matchin
wmatchin@uci.edu
Advisor: Hickok
 

Brent Miller
brentm@uci.edu
Advisor: Steyvers
 

Benjamin Mis
bmis@uci.edu
Advisor: Kean
 

Tayopa Mogilner
tmogilne@uci.edu
Advisor: Kean
 

Ryan Najima
rnajima@uci.edu
Advisor: Dosher
 

James Negen
jnegen@uci.edu
Advisor: Sarnecka
 

Jessamy Norton Ford
jnortonf@uci.edu
Advisor: Kean
 

Darren Peshek
dpeshek@uci.edu
Advisor: Hoffman
 

James Pooley
jpooley@uci.edu
Advisor: Lee
 

Joshua Ramirez
ramirezj@uci.edu
Advisor: Mann
 

Timothy Rubin
trubin@uci.edu
Advisor: Steyvers
 

Negar Sammaknejad
nsammakn@uci.edu
Advisor: Hoffman
 

Allison Shim
ashim@uci.edu
Advisor: Berg
 

Emily Slusser
eslusser@uci.edu
Advisor: Sarnecka
 

Jose Tabares
jtabares@uci.edu
Advisor: Kean
 

Hisaaki Tabuchi
htabuchi@uci.edu
Advisor: Berg
 

Sean Tauber
sean.tauber@uci.edu
Advisor: Steyvers
 

Steven Thurman
sthurman@uci.edu
Advisor: Grossman
 

Jose Trujillo
josect@uci.edu
Advisor: Kean
 

Matthew Turner
mturner@uci.edu
Advisor: Berg
 

Sarah Tyler
sctyler@uci.edu
Advisor: Grossman
 

Jon Venezia
jvenezia@uci.edu
Advisor: Hickok
 

Alissa Winkler
awinkler@uci.edu
Advisor: Chubb/Wright
 

Sheng Kung (Mike) Yi
skyi@uci.edu
Advisor: Steyvers
 

Andrew Zaldivar
andrew.zaldivar@uci.edu
Advisor: Krichmar
 

Matthew Zeigenfuse
mzeigenf@uci.edu
Advisor: Lee
 

Shunan Zhang
szhang@uci.edu
Advisor: Lee
 

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