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DIRECTORS

Gabriele Gratton
Director, Ph.D.
Email: grattong@illinois.edu
Gabriele Gratton received his M.D. from University of Rome in 1980 and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1991. He is a professor in the Psychology Department and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Cognitive Neuroscience group. His field of interest is Cognitive Neuroscience. Gabriele Gratton's interests are in cognitive neuroscience, specifically in the basic organization (spatial, temporal, and functional) of elementary cognitive processes such as those involved in sensory and working memory, attention, motor preparation, and strategy selection. Gratton has been focusing on the application of functional brain imaging methods to the study of these processes in normal adult subjects using optical, electrophysiological and hemodynamic techniques.

Monica Fabiani
Director, Ph.D.
Email: mfabiani@illinois.edu
Monica Fabiani received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. She is a professor in the University of Illinois Department of Psychology and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Cognitive Neuroscience Group.
Her fields of professional interest are cognitive neuroscience, memory, and aging. Monica Fabiani's research interests are in the cognitive neuroscience of human memory and aging, as well as in the development of tools for the non-invasive mapping
of human brain function. Her research involves the integration of data from different domains, including behavioral responses, neuropsychological tests, and brain anatomy and function (event-related brain potentials, or ERPs; structural and functional
magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI; and optical imaging, including near infrared spectroscopy, or NIRS, and a new technique developed by Gabriele Gratton (CNS Group) and Fabiani, the event-related optical signals, or EROS).
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Kathy Low
Assistant Director, Ph.D.
Email: lowka@illinois.edu
SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

Ed Maclin
Senior Scientist, Ph.D.
Email: edmaclin@illinois.edu
I received my Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from New York University in 1983. I have 30 years of experience applying a variety of neuroimaging modalities including MEG, EEG/ERP, MRI/fMRI and rCBF to both basic and clinical questions. My role at the CNL is primarily to implement new procedures for running cognitive experiments and for collecting and analyzing neuroimaging data using EROS, NIRS, fMRI and evoked potentials. I also provide training, troubleshooting and consultation for visitors and collaborators.
LAB MANAGERS

Jeff Gustafson
Visiting Research Specialist / Lab Manager
Email: jeg6@illinois.edu
I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2022 with a B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Science. I am now furthering my studies here by pursuing a M.Eng in Bioengineering while working in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab. My responsibilities here at CNL include recruiting and scheduling participants, running optical imaging sessions, administering neuropsychological tests, and conducting MRI, EEG, and ERP recordings relating cerebrovascular health to cognitive decline throughout the lifespan.
POST DOCTORATES

Patrycja Kalamala
Post-Doctoral Researcher, Ph.D.
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Cognitive Neuroimaging Lab. I received a PhD in Psychology from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland (2022). My dissertation focused on the dynamic interactions between language experiences and cognitive control using behavioral (e.g., SEM) and EEG techniques. At CNL, I continue my work on the mechanisms of cognitive control. My current research involves two goals: 1) to better understand how aging affects cognitive control, and 2) to improve the methodology for studying aperiodic EEG activity.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Tao Chen
Graduate Student
I received a bachelor degree in general psychology from East China Normal University before enrolling at University of Illinois. My research interest is about consciousness, like what is the mechanism of attention shift. I am now working on an EROS and TMS project about visual awareness.
COLLABORATORS
Babu Adhimoolam, M.D.
Visiting Research Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Diane Beck, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
website: https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/dmbeck
Antonio Belli, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Birmingham
Antonio Chiarelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Universita’ di Chieti, Italy
website: https://www.dnisc.unich.it/home-chiarelli-antonio-maria-4252
Neal Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
website: https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/njc
Florin Dolcos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Neha Gothe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
website: http://www.epl.illinois.edu/
Máté Gyurkovics, Ph.D.
Research Associate, University of Glasgow
Dick Jennings, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Frini Karayanidis, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
website: https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/frini-karayanidis
Catarina Rendeiro, Ph.D.
Lecturer, University of Birmingham
Brad Sutton, Ph.D.
Professor, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
website: http://mrfil.bioen.illinois.edu/
Fabrice Wallois, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Picardie Jules Verne
ALUMNI
Pauline Baniqued, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California-Berkeley
Bruce Bartholow, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
Daniel Bowie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
Grace Clements, Ph.D.
Research Psychologist, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Paul Corballis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Auckland
website: http://www.science.auckland.ac.nz/people/profile/p-corballis
Mark Fletcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatry Resident, The Ohio State University
Brian Gordon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Mehmet Günal, Ph.D.
Staff, ISS Inc.
Tania Kong, Ph.D.
Data Scientist, SFL Scientific
Echo Leaver, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Salisbury University
Kyle Mathewson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
Brian Metzger, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine
Matthew Moore, Ph.D.
Associated Health Fellow, Palo Alto VA Medical Center
Chin Hong Tan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
John Walker, Ph.D.
Data Scientist, CVS Health
Ben Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Research Investigator, National University of Natural Medicine