Neurobehavioral and Cognitive Sciences

Faculty

Lise Abrams, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Memory and language processes in young and older adults.

Margaret Bradley, Ph.D., Research Professor.  Psychobiology of attention and emotion.

Darragh P. Devine, Ph.D., Associate Professor.  Neurobiology self-injurious behaviour.

Linda Hermer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor.  Systems neuroscience of learning, memory, and choice-making.

Andreas Keil, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Psychophysiology of emotion, temporal dynamics of perception and attention, and oscillatory activity of the human cerebral cortex.

Neil E. Rowland, Ph.D., Professor.  Physiology and neurochemistry of feeding.

David W. Smith, Ph.D., Professor.  Psychophysical and physiological analyses of auditory and olfactory systems.

Donald J. Stehouwer, Ph.D., Professor.  Developmental neurobiology, development of motor systems.

Philip Teitelbaum, Ph.D., Graduate Research Professor.  Analysis of human movement disorders.

Keith D. White, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Visual perception, and sensory integration.

Professor Emereti:

W. Keith Berg, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus.  Psychophysiological measures in humans.

Donald A. Dewsbury, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus.  History of psychology; Comparative psychology.

Ira Fischler, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus. Human memory and information processing, psychophysiology of cognition.

Richard A. Griggs, Ph.D.,  Professor Emeritus.  Deductive reasoning and teaching of psychology.

Robert D. Sorkin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus. Auditory perception, signal detection and decision-making, and human factors.

Faculty with Joint Appointments in Psychology:

Mark H. Lewis, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry.  Neurochemistry of behavior and disorders.

Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry.  Cognitive neuroscience of substance abuse.

Recent Graduates of the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program

Name Ph.D. Received Advisor

Current Employment
Keith Alfano

2007

Delaney

User Experience Researcher for Microsoft, Inc.
Emily Crews

2004

Rowland

Assistant Professor, Flagler State College

Cedrick D. Dotson

2006

Spector

Post-Doctoral researcher, Dept. of Neurobiol/Anat., Univ. Maryland, Sch. of Medicine

Kyle J. Frantz

1999

Van Hartesveldt

Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

Laura Geran

2003

Spector

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Oral Biology, Ohio State University

Megan Green

2007

Devine

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
Connie Grobe

2006

Rowland

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Psychology, University of Iowa

Brian Howland

2005

Fischler

Visiting Instructor, University of Florida

Jesse Itzkowitz

2005

Sorkin

Marketing Ph.D. student, University of Florida

Cynthia Kaschub

2008

Fischler Human Factors Engineer, Intel Corporation
Martin Knowles

2008

Fischler

Sales Representative, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cynthia Koenig

2002

Griggs

Assistant Professor, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Shenghua Luan

2004

Sorkin

Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University

Sara Margolin

2007

Abrams

Assistant Professor, SUNY Brockport

Clare Mathes

2008

Rowland

Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida State University

Melanie McEwen

2000

Stehouwer

Research Associate, University of Kentucky, School of Medicine

Michael McKay

2004

Fischler

Deceased (formerly Assistant Professor, Randolph-Macon College)

Anaya Mitra

2008

Rowland

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota

Burhan Ogut 2008

Fischler

Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research
Susan Powell

1999

Lewis

Research Associate, University of California San Diego

Jonathan Roth

1999

Rowland

Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania

Michael Staup

2008

Stehouwer

Research Assistant, Clinical Investigations Dept., U.S. Navy Medical Center, San Diego

Jaime Tartar

2004

Devine

Assistant Professor and Chair of Psychology, Nova Southeastern University
Lynette Taylor

1999

Van Hartesveldt

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Louisville

Dunja Trunk

2007

Abrams

Assistant Professor, Bloomfield College

Cheryl Vaughan

2006

Rowland

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Biology & Psychology, Georgia State University

Katherine White

2002

Abrams

Assistant Professor, Centre College

Current Students, 2009-2010

Name, Degree Starting
year
Degree
Sought
Advisor E-mail
Deniz Atalayer, M.S. 2005 Ph.D. Rowland dehan@ufl.edu
Kathy Berger 2006 M.S., Ph.D. White kberger@ufl.edu
Tana Bleser 2007 M.S., Ph.D. White bleser@ufl.edu
Vincent Costa 2005 M.S., Ph.D. Bradley vdcosta@ufl.edu
Sonja Damnjanovic, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. Fischler sonjela@ufl.edu
Meagan Farrell 2007 M.S., Ph.D. Abrams megfarr@ufl.edu
Anastasia Ford 2008 M.S., Ph.D. White sokolova@ufl.edu
Patricia Grebenstein 2007 M.S., Ph.D. Rowland pgrebenstein@ufl.edu
Ryan Keith 2007 M.S., Ph.D. Smith rrkeith@ufl.edu
Catherine Marcinkiewcz 2008 Ph.D. Devine saffron@ufl.edu
Keith McGregor, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. White kmcgrego@ufl.edu
Amber Van Matre, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. Devine muehlman@ufl.edu
Sabra Pelham 2008 M.S., Ph.D. Abrams kdwelz@ufl.edu
Sridhar Srinivasan 2007 M.S., Ph.D. Hermer ssri1983@ufl.edu
Yoko Tanimura, M.S. 2003 Ph.D. Lewis tanimura@ufl.edu
Ian Thompson. 2007 M.S., Ph.D. Rowland iet16@ufl.edu
Nathan Weinstock 2005 M.S., Ph.D. Devine natejw@ufl.edu