Portrait of Alison Preston

Alison R. Preston, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Dr. A. Wilson Nolle and Sir Raghunath P. Mahendroo Professor
Departments of Neuroscience and Psychology
The University of Texas at Austin

Nicole Varga

Nicole Varga
Postdoctoral Fellow

My research examines the neurocognitive development of memory representation. I am particularly interested in how representational capacities influence knowledge formation and extension in children, adolescents, and adults.

Kate Sherrill

Kate Sherrill
Postdoctoral Fellow

My research combines use of virtual naturalistic environments and advanced MRI methods to understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying how human knowledge becomes systematically organized as a framework for cognition.

Andrei Amatuni

Andrei Amatuni
Graduate Student

I’m interested in understanding how statistical knowledge is acquired and organized in early development and how memory mechanism shape early learned representation of concepts

Ayesha Nadiadwala

Ayesha Nadiadwala
Graduate Student

I am interested in how different episodic memory processes are modulated by emotion. Specifically, how emotion influences relationships between memory representations for events.

Omer Eashmaig

Omer Eashmaig
Graduate Student

I am interested in understanding learning and memory through electrophysiology. Intracranial EEG offers an exciting and unique opportunity to study single neuron activity and the human brain under finer temporal resolutions.

Jianing Mu

Jianing Mu
Graduate Student

I am interested in studying the interaction between episodic and semantic memory using naturalistic paradigms.

Owen Friend

Owen Friend
Graduate Student

I am interested in how memory for time develops across childhood and how we use temporal features of our experiences to structure and organize our memories.

Linsey Cohen

Linsey Cohen
Research Specialist

I am broadly interested in how neurocognitive development drives changes in behavior across the lifespan, with a particular interest in leveraging our knowledge of learning and memory mechanisms to inform educational best practices.

Lauren Eisenstat

Lauren Eisenstat
Lab Coordinator

I seek to understand how childhood neuropsychological development links with socio-emotional processes, investigating neural influences on learning and emotional regulation in young children to reveal the basis of socio-emotional growth.

Sara Abbas

Sara Abbas
Lab Coordinator

I'm interested in understanding learning and memory mechanisms within developing populations. Specifically, I'm drawn to investigating how this knowledge can be harnessed to inform the enhancement of educational policies, particularly for neurodiverse students.

Alumni

Eliya Ben-Asher
Graduate Student
University of Texas, Austin
Tony Dutcher
Research and Data Scientist III
Senseye
Sharon Noh
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, Irvine
Jaida Long
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gabi Mata
Cardiology Clinic Assistant
Lauren Quesada
Medical Student
Univeristy of Texas, San Antonio
Michael Mack
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Meg Schlichting
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
Dasa Zeithamova
Assistant Professor
University of Oregon
Tyler Davis
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech
Jackson Liang
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Toronto
Sasha Wolosin
Data Mining Scientist
Apple
Arjun Mukerji
Graduate Student
University of California Berkeley
Anastasia Rigney
Research Specialist
Texas Health & Human Services
Joel Martinez
Graduate Student
Princeton University
Christine Manthuruthil
M.D.
University of Texas Southwestern
Tammy Tran
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
Ellen Zippi
Graduate Student
University of California Berkeley
Kim Nguyen
Graduate Student
Temple University
Katie Guarino
Graduate Student
Loyola University
Robert Molitor
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Oregon
Manasa Atyam
Medical Student
Baylor
Alexandra Miller
MD/PhD Student
McGovern/MD Anderson
Ellie Hipskind
Graduate Student
Baylor