CULHAM LAB MEMBERS
CULHAM LAB DINNER, AUGUST 2024
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Diana Dima, PhD
Co-supervised by Yalda Mohsenzadeh
Project: Multimodal action understanding
Mozhgan Salimiparsa, PhD
Co-supervised by Brent Davis and Emma Duerden
Project: Development of virtual reality games for clinical diagnoses
Shaylyn Kress, PhD
Based at the University of Lethbridge, co-supervised with Chelsea Ekstrand
Project: Developing video-game play as a novel approach for fMRI studies of active perception, cognition and action
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Michaela Kent, MSc
PhD student in Neuroscience (co-supervised with Emma Duerden)
Project: Effects of live interactions and visual realism on brain activation measured with optical neuroimaging
Cassandra Bacher, MSc
PhD student in Neuroscience (co-supervised with Marieke Mur and Mel Goodale)
Project: The effect of active learning of objects on behavior and brain activation
Eva Deligiannis, BSc
MSc student in Neuroscience
Project: Effects of 3D cues and distance on neural responses to faces
Olivia Ipwanshek, BSc
MSc student in Psychology
Project: To be determined
Ben Pilling, BSc
MSc student in Psychology
Project: To be determined
SUPPORT STAFF
Karsten Babin, BSc
Virtual Reality Programmer
Project: Programming 3D visual stimuli and video games for studies of real-world perception and action
Sofia Varon, BSc
Research Assistant
Projects: Target interception in Virtual Reality; Contribution of 3D cues to neural processing of scenes
Kevin Stubbs, BSc
Part-time Lab Programmer and Brain Canada SPRINT fNIRS Analysis Developer