Dr. Hyojeong Kim

🦚 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

🎓 Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

📩 hyojeongkim@utexas.edu

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.

Ziyao Zhang

🦚 Ph.D. student, Psychology (Year 4)

🎓 M.S., Lehigh University

📩 ziyaoz@utexas.edu

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. 

Caleb Jerinic-Brodeur

🦚 Ph.D. student, Psychology (Year 3)

🎓 B.S., Arizona State University

📩 cjerinic@utexas.edu

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

📩 edjoeleung@utexas.edu

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.

Eva Lout

🦚 Ph.D. student, Psychology (Year 1)

🎓 B.S., Texas A&M University

📩 evalout@utexas.edu

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.

Rebeka Papanikolaou

🦚 Lab Manager

Senior, Psychology and French Studies

Joined Fall 2022

Amelia Canright

🦚 Assistant Lab Manager

Junior, Neuroscience

Joined Fall 2023

Aisha Analil

Senior, Neuroscience

Lab mentor: Eva

Joined Fall 2022

Swetha Ayinala

Senior, Psychology

Lab mentor: Edward

Joined Fall 2023 | 🏅2024 URF Fellowship

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

Alan Shaji

Sophomore, Neuroscience and Plan II

Lab mentor: Hyojeong

Joined Spring 2024

Jean Fan

Junior, Psychology 

Lab mentor: Ziyao

Joined Summer 2024 |🏅2024 URF Fellowship

Nicole Kowalchuk

Junior, Human Biology

Lab mentor: Edward

Joined Fall 2024