Lab Members

 

Benjamin Scott, Principle Investigator

Benjamin Scott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University.  He obtained his BA in Biology from the University of Chicago and his PhD in Neuroscience from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University where he studied with David Tank and Carlos Brody.

Christa Rose, Laboratory Manager

Christa Rose is a Lab Manager in the Laboratory of Comparative Cognition. She obtained her BA in Neurobiology and MS in Biology from Boston University.

Cristina Delgado Sallent, Postdoctoral Fellow

Cristina Delgado Sallent is a Distinguished Fellow in the Center for Systems Neuroscience at Boston University. She obtained her BS in Biomedicine from the University of Barcelona and her PhD in Biomedicine from the University Pompeu Fabra.

Sucheta Chakravarty, Postdoctoral Fellow

Sucheta Chakravarty is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. She obtained a BS and MS in Mathematics from the University of Calcutta and her PhD in Psychology from the University of Alberta.

 

Hadas Frostig, Postdoctoral Fellow

Hadas Frostig is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. She recieved her BA in Physics from the University of California Berkley and her PhD in Physics from the Weizmann Institute.

 

Maxime Maheu, PostdoctoralFellow

Maxime Maheu is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. He obtained his PhD from Paris Descartes University and did a first postdoc at Hamburg University Medical Center.

 

Amy Monasterio, PhD Student

Amy Monasterio is a NIH DSPAN Scholar, a NSF NRT Fellow in Neurophotonics and a student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University. She obtained her BS in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University.

Rifqi Affan, PhD Student

Rifqi Affan is a NIH DSPAN Scholar, a NSF Graduate Research Fellow, and a student in the Graduate Program for Neurosciences at Boston University. He obtained his BA in Psychology from San Diego State University.

 

Naomi Shvedov, PhD Student

Naomi Shvedov is a NSF NRT Fellow in Neurophotonics and a student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University. She obtained her BS in Neuroscience from Rutgers University.

Hongjie Xia, PhD Student

Hongjie Xia is a student in the Biology Department at Boston University. She obtained her MS in Neuroscience from Northwestern University and her BA in Biology from Boston University.

Theresia Dafalias, PhD Student

Theresia Dafaliasa is a student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University. She obtained her BS in Neuroscience from UCLA.

Ryan Senne, PhD Student

Ryan Senne is a student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University. He obtained his BA in Neuroscience from from Boston University.

 

Anosha Khawaja-Lopez, PhD Student

Anosha Khawaja-Lopez is a student in the Graduate Program for Neuroscience at Boston University. Anosha earned her B.A. in psychology from Rutgers University and her M.A. in psychology from Montclair State University.

Urvi Mishra, PhD Student

Urvi Mishra is a student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. She received her MS in Biological Sciences from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and her BS in Biomedical Sciences from NMIMS University in Mumbai.

Arula Ratnakar, PREP Scholar

Arula Ratnakar is a Research Fellow in the Laboratory of Comparative Cognition and PREP scholar at Boston University. She obtained her BA in General Studies from Carnegie Mellon University with a concentration in Biology, Neuroscience and Architecture.

Benjamin Lee, Undergraduate Student

Benjamin Lee is double majoring in Human Physiology and Biology at Boston University.

 

Helene Duebel, Undergraduate Student

Helene Duebel is majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Computer Science at Boston University.

Zeynep Ozturk, Undergraduate Student

Zeynep Ozturk is majoring in Psychology at Boston University.