Meet the team
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Dr. Stephen Mitroff
Principal Investigator Steve Mitroff is the lab director. He received his B.A. from UC Berkeley in 1998 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 2002. After a postdoc position at Yale, he spent 10 years as a faculty member at Duke. He joined the Psychology department at GW in 2015. (CV) |
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Dr. Patrick Cox
Postdoctoral Fellow Patrick completed a B.S. in Physics with a minor in Cognitive Science from Georgetown University in 2008. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the same institution in Max Riesnhuber's Lab for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience. In August of 2017, Patrick began his postdoc at GW with the aim of using "big data" approaches to study the effect of training and experience on object categorization and visual search. |
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Michelle Kramer
Ph.D. Student Michelle Kramer is a second-year doctoral student in cognitive neuroscience. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2016 with a double major in Exercise and Sports Science and Psychology. Michelle is using "big data" to investigate individual differences and the development of expertise in visual search. |
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Samoni Nag
Ph.D. Student Samoni is a first-year graduate student in cognitive neuroscience. She graduated from Emory University in 2016, double majoring in Psychology and Human Health. Afterwards, she worked as a lab manager in Julie Golomb's lab at The Ohio State University. Samoni's research interests include visual attention, applied visual search, and the influences of selection history on search strategies. |
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Courtney Porfido
Lab Manager Courtney graduated undergraduate from Bates College with her Bachelor of Arts in May 2018 with a degree in psychology. Courtney is broadly interested in learning and development. |
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Jasper Kim
Undergraduate RA Jasper is currently a sophomore student at the George Washington University, majoring in Psychology and Economics. After graduation, he is planning to further study cognitive psychology. |
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