🦚 Lab Director / Principal Investigator
Dr. Jarrod Lewis-Peacock
🦚 Associate Professor
Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School
Center for Learning & Memory, Center for Perceptual Systems
🦚 Director, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program
🦚 Area Head, Cognition, Brain & Beahvior
The LewPeaLab is a cognitive neuroscience research lab at UT Austin that studies how the brain holds onto, protects, and lets go of information in working memory. We also seek to understand why we forget things — whether it’s by accident or on purpose! Using novel behavioral paradigms, functional neuroimaging (fMRI and EEG), and various computational techniques, we explore how memory works and why it sometimes fails.
🦚 Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Hyojeong Kim
🦚 Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
My research centers on how the brain manipulates information to serve goal-directed behaviors. My projects explore how different cognitive strategies for removing thoughts from mind lead to changes in their memory representations.
🦚 Doctoral Students
My main interest lies in the interaction between memory and attention. Specifically, I am interested in how attentional control shapes memory representations and how internal representations influence ongoing processes.
Chenyu Li
🦚 Visiting Ph.D. student, Psychology (Year 4)
University of Zurich, Switzerland
I’m curious about how the brain keeps information fresh and relevant in real-time. My research tackles two key questions: why is working memory limited, and how does the brain work around that to stay on task?
Caleb Jerinic-Brodeur
🦚 Ph.D. student, Psychology (Year 3)
B.S., Arizona State University
I study how we control what we remember (and forget!), especially how emotions impact this process in the brain. Using a mix of brain imaging and behavioral experiments, I explore why memory control sometimes fails and how we can get better at it.
Edward Leung
🦚 Ph.D. student, Neuroscience (Year 3)
B.S., B.A., University of Washington
I’m intrigued by how the conceptual semantics of information influences working memory. Specifically, I’m exploring how the meaning of information impacts our ability to control what remains in our mind and what we can discard.
I’m fascinated by how visual working memory and attention work together to help us make sense of the ever-changing world around us. I explore how we store, protect, and update visual information in memory, and how this shapes what we remember long-term.
🦚 Staff
Rebeka Papanikolaou
🦚 Lab Manager
Senior, Psychology and French Studies
Joined Fall 2022
🦚 Undergraduate Students
Aisha Analil
Senior, Neuroscience
Lab mentor: Eva
Joined Fall 2022
Isabella Smillie
Senior, Neuroscience
Lab mentor: Hyojeong
Joined Fall 2023
Swetha Ayinala
Senior, Psychology | 2024 URF Fellowship Award
Lab mentor: Edward
Joined Fall 2023
Amelia Canright
Junior, Neuroscience
Lab mentor: Caleb
Joined Fall 2023
Claire Chiang
Senior, Neuroscience and Piano Performance
Lab mentor: Edward
Joined Fall 2023
Emily Kolach
Junior, Neuroscience
Lab mentor: Ziyao
Joined Fall 2023
Nico Sanchez
Senior, Psychology
Lab mentor: Caleb
Joined Spring 2024
Alan Shaji
Sophomore, Neuroscience and Plan II
Lab mentor: Hyojeong
Joined Spring 2024
Jean Fan
Junior, Psychology
Lab mentor: Ziyao
Joined Summer 2024
Nicole Kowalchuk
Junior, Human Biology
Lab mentor: Edward
Joined Fall 2024
🦚 Lab Photos Through the Years
🦚 Alumni: Doctoral Students
Zachary Bretton, Ph.D. '24
TBD
Justin Kilmarx, Ph.D. '23
Research ScientistInfoscitex Corporation
Augustin Hennings, Ph.D. '22
PostdocPrinceton University
Remington Mallett, Ph.D. '21
PostdocNorthwestern University
University of Montreal
Hyojeong Kim, Ph.D. '20
PostdocUniversity of Colorado Boulder
University of Texas at Austin
Seth Koslov, Ph.D. '20
PostdocUniversity of Houston
University of Pennsylvania
Ethan Oblak, Ph.D. '19
PostdocRIKEN Center for Brain Science
Lea Bartsch, Ph.D. '18
(University of Zurich)Academic AssociateUniversity of Zurich
🦚 Alumni: Postdoctoral Researchers
Laura Werner, Ph.D.
InstructorAustin Community College
Texas State University
Diane Whitmer, Ph.D.
Biomedical Scientist
Inquis Medical, Inc.
Elizabeth Lorenc, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Behavior and Neuroimaging CoreBrown University
Tracy Wang, Ph.D.
Research Program ManagerMicrosoft Azure Engineering
🦚 Alumni: Masters Students
Allison Bruning, M.A. '21
Data Analyst
Sentencing Resource Counsel
Allison Berman, M.S. '18
Scientific Software EngineerGoogle
Mark Hollenbeck, M.S. '16
Director of Data ScienceBlackfynn
🦚 Alumni: Undergraduate Students
Neerul Gupta '24
Copywriting InternIPG HealthSabrina Zheng '23
M.D. StudentPaul L. Foster School of MedicinePaige Stetson '23
Imaging Support ScientistBrain Imaging Center at UT AustinAmaris Mendoza '23
Study CoordinatorUT AustinAshley Humphries '23
Lab ManagerUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnBrandon Bruce '23
M.D. StudentUT SouthwesternReece Walter '22
Law StudentColumbia UniversityAlexandra Epstein '22
Law StudentSouthern Methodist UniversitySandhya Tiku '22
Co-FounderSinuStimMeghan Mallya '21
M.D. StudentUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonAanika Dalal '20
Co-FounderARMOR - Alliance for Reducing Microbial ResistanceLandry Bulls '20
Ph.D. StudentDartmouth CollegeRobaa Al-Najar '19
OBGYN ResidentMcGovern Medical SchoolStephanie Jeanneret '19
M.D. StudentMcGovern Medical School