Clayton E. Curtis, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator, Lab Director
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Wayne Mackey, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher, State Space Labs
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Post Doctoral Researcher
How does the brain support behaviors requiring visual spatial cognition? I use multivariate analysis techniques applied to fMRI and EEG data, along with causal interventions (TMS) to evaluate where, when, and how visual information is represented in the human brain. [CV]
Kevin DeSimone, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher
My research revolves around using functional brain imaging and computational modeling techniques to explore the response properties and functional organization of the human subcortex. My doctoral research was aimed at exploring methods and models for mapping the functional organization of a number of subcortical nuclei in the thalamus. In particular, Kevin developed a spatiotemporal population receptive field model for functionally segmenting the magnocellular and parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus. My post-doctoral research is aimed at exploring the representation of spatial priority in the human superior colliculus. I am also interested exploring how the brain represents visual stimuli that are made invisible using flicker fusion techniques. In addition to these research projects, I actively maintains an open-source Python library for creating and estimating population receptive field models called popeye.
Sangita Dandekar, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher
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Masih Rahmati, M.A.
Doctoral Student
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Grace Hallenbeck, M.A.
Doctoral Student
How does the human brain represent information? How does it represent some information as more important than other information? As a doctoral student in the Curtis lab, I'm using fMRI, eye-tracking, computational modeling, psychophysics and TMS to answer these questions
Alfredo Bolaños
Doctoral Student
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Helena Palmieri
Masters Student
A New York native, Helena Palmieri, is a recent graduate of New York University with a B.A. in Psychology and minors in Art History and Linguistics. She is working towards a master's in Psychology, specifically focusing on Cognitive Psychology. During her time at NYU, she has worked closely with the Curtis Lab, which has supported her interests in attention and working memory prioritization.
Linjing Jiang
Masters Student
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Gaoyang Gui
Masters Student
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Rafael Cruz
Masters Student
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Laboratory Alumni
Zuzanna Klyszejko, Ph.D.
Data Scientist, Wayfair
Trenton Jerde, Ph.D.
Columbia University
Jason Connolly, Ph.D.
Durham University
Kyeong-Jin Tark, Ph.D.
Inst. Basic Science, Korea Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research
Jay Fuller, Ph.D.
State Space Labs
David "Drew" Fegen, M.D.
Data Scientist, The Ladders
Riju Srimal, Ph.D.
Officer at U.S. Department of State
Golbarg Saber, Ph.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
Deepna Devkar, Ph.D.
Director of Data Science at Dotdash
Akiko Ikkai, Ph.D.
Researcher, Factset