====== Principal Investigator ====== {{kpnl:people:andrewengell.jpg?nolink&150 |}} \\ **Andrew Engell** \\ Assoc. Professor of Psychology \\ [[http://www.andrewengell.com |web]] \\ [[engella@kenyon.edu |email]] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ ====== Current Members ====== \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:jaryszak_caitlyn.jpg?nolink&150}} **Caitlyn Jaryszak (K '25, Psychology)** \\ Caitlyn is a senior psychology major and studio art minor. She is interested in child development, neurodiversity, and psychological research. She hopes to pursue a master’s degree in Occupational Therapy following her graduation from Kenyon and to eventually pursue a career as a pediatric occupational therapist. Outside of the lab, she spends her time working as the student intern for Kenyon’s Alumni and Parent Engagement Office. She also volunteers at Head Start in Mount Vernon, does photography for theater and dance at Kenyon, and is the secretary of Psi Chi, the psychology honor society. \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:nopic.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Blythe Karras (K '24, Psychology, Neuroscience)** \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:hollen_knoell.jpg?nolink&150}} **Hollen Knoell (K '25, Psychology, Classics)** \\ Hollen (she/her) is a senior in Dr. Andrew Engell's lab. She is a double major in psychology and ancient Greek and a minor in mathematics. She has been in the lab since her sophomore year and is interested in examining the intersection between chronic stress and cognitive functions using EEG. Specifically, she is investigating the relationship between facial memory and trait anxiety and how theta oscillations may mediate this association. After graduation, Hollen plans to pursue a PhD in psychology or neuroscience. Outside of the lab, Hollen sound designs and stage manages theater productions on campus. \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:orelle_mangiani.jpg?nolink&150}} **Orelle Mangiani (K '26, Psychology)** \\ Orelle is a junior psychology major and Arabic minor. She hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology after Kenyon. Outside of academics, Orelle is a Peer Health Educator, Campus Mediator, and plays recreational basketbal.\\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:nopic.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Zach Meyers (K '25, Psychology, Japanese)** \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:rothman_benji.png?nolink&150}} **Benji Rothman (K '26, Psychology)** \\ Benji is a junior psychology major and art history minor. He is interested in social neuroscience, psychodynamics, neurodiversity, and psychopharmacology. After graduating from Kenyon, he hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology or neuropsychology. Outside of the lab he has researched social psychology with Professor Murnen for three semesters, and has completed a summer of Kenyon Summer Science Scholars, investigating minority stress theory. He also takes an interest in studying Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism. \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:soric_paula.jpg?nolink&150}} **Paula Soric (K '25, Neuroscience)** \\ Paula is a senior Neuroscience major interested in cognitive neuroscience research. After Kenyon, she plans to pursue a PhD in Psychology or Speech-Language Pathology with a focus on neuropsychology, language disorders, or traumatic brain injury recovery. Outside the lab, she spends her time working for the Kenyon Admissions Office and volunteering as a K-STEM mentor. Paula is also a captain on Kenyon's Track and Field team. \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:stone_natalie.jpg?nolink&150}} **Natalie Stone (K '25, Psychology, Neuroscience)** \\ Natalie is a second semester sophmore who is majoring in neuroscience and getting a concentration in a law and society. After Kenyon, she is hoping to get a masters and PhD in something related to neuroscience in hopes to conduct her own neuro research one day. Outside of the lab, Natalie is a part of Culinary Club and the Eco Club!! \\ \\ \\ ======= Alumni ======= \\ {{kpnl:people:candela_de_amorrotu.jpg?nolink&150}} **Candela de Amorrortu (K '23, Psychology, Neuroscience concentration)** \\ /*Candela is a junior Psychology major with a concentration in Neuroscience. She is planning to go to graduate school and pursue research in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. At Kenyon she also enjoys playing ultimate frisbee!/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:ania_axas.png?nolink&150}} **Ania Axas (K '23, Psychology, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Ania is a psychology and neuroscience double major, a biology minor, and a member of the Kenyon swim team. She is on the pre-health track and considering medical school or a graduate program in psychology or neuroscience. /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:olive_cowan.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Olive Cowan (K '22, Psychology)** \\ /*Olive is a senior psychology major with a neuroscience concentration. After graduation she plans to pursue a PsyD in clinical psychology and work as a licensed psychologist. She is also the Kenyon chapter Psi Chi vice president and a dancer in the Fall Dance Concert. /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:meg_ellingwood.jpg?nolink&150}} **Meg Ellingwood (K '20, Psychology)** \\ \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:michael_George.jpg?nolink&150}} **Michael George (K '23, Psychology, Philosophy)** \\ /*Hello! I’m Michael. I use he/him pronouns. I am a junior psych and philosophy major. After Kenyon, I want to pursue a Ph.D. in something cognition-related and hopefully become a professor. Outside of psych and neuro, I love hiking, traveling, film, and stand-up comedy./* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:amanda_glazer.png?nolink&150}} **Amanda Glazer (K '21, Psychology, English)** \\ /*Amanda is a sophomore from Pennsylvania. She is a double major in Psychology and English, who will spend 2019-2020 in Denmark studying Clinical Psychology. She plans to pursue a career in Psychology./* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:al_gourrier.jpg?nolink&150}} **AJ Gourrier (K '19, Psychology, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Medical Scribe Fellow, [[http://med.stanford.edu/comet/fellows-1/2019-2020-fellows.html|COMET]], Stanford University School of Medicine /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:halavi.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Sabrina Halavi (K '20, Psychology)** \\ /*Sabrina is a junior at Kenyon, having transferred from Santa Monica College her sophomore year. She is currently pursuing a double major in Psychology and Music and has been happily working in the Kenyon Psychological Neuroscience Lab for two semesters, as well as participating in research over the summer. She plans to pursue a career in psychology or neuroscience research, a path that has been reinforced by her fulfilling experience working in the KPNL. /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:hall_chloe.jpg?nolink&150}} **Chloe Hall (K '20, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Chloe is a Junior Neuroscience major with a Biology and English minor. Besides working in the cognitive neuroscience lab, she runs track and cross country for Kenyon. She someday hopes to be a PA (Physician's Assistant) or go to medical school. /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:yana_honcharuk.jpg?nolink&150}} **Yana Honcharuk (K '24, Psychology, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Yana is a sophomore Neuroscience and Psychology double major. She is interested in looking at how neuronal interactions give rise to complex cognitive processes in the brain. She plans to get a PhD in neuropsychology. Outside of classes, Yana is a Gund Gallery associate and a cheer team member./* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:quinn_harrigan.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Quinn Harrigan (K '19, Psychology, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Quinn hopes to pursue medicine after finishing her premedical requirements/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:kaspers_mara.png?nolink&150}} **Mara Kaspers (K '20, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Mara is a junior form Soest, the Netherlands. She is a Neuroscience major specifically interested in the mind, consciousness, neurobiology of diseases and psychopharmacology. After graduating from Kenyon she is planning to go to graduate school and continue doing research in these areas of interest. /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:stephanie_kaufman.jpg?nolink&150}} **Stephanie Kaufman (K '23, Psychology)** \\ /*Stephanie is a psychology and neuroscience double major. She is planning on attending a graduate program after Kenyon and hopes to pursue a career in criminal or forensic psychology. Outside of her academics, Stephanie loves singing, theatre production, participating in Kenyon's ECO, and reading as a Kenyon Review Associate./* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:brooke_kohn.jpg?nolink&150}} **Brooke Kohn (K '18, Psychology)** \\ /*Research Assistant, [[http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/labs/faja-laboratory/meet-the-team/research-assistants|Faja Lab]], Boston Children's Hospital/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people::linmiao.jpg?nolink&150}} **Lin Miao (K '17, Psychology)** \\ /*Masters Program, [[https://cph.osu.edu/|Ohio State University University College of Public Health]]/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:sarah_mohr.jpg?nolink&150}} **Sarah Mohr (K '17, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Graduate Student, [[http://bbs.yale.edu/neuroscience/index.aspx|Yale University Neuroscience Graduate Program]]/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:sam_montoya.jpg?nolink&150}} **Sam Montoya (K '19, Neuroscience)** \\ /*PhD student, [[http://www.neuroscience.umn.edu/people/samantha-montoya|UM]], University of Minnesota/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:anu_muppirala.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Anu Muppirala (K '19, Neuroscience)** \\ /*PhD student, Harvard University/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:quillian.jpg?nolink&150}} **Henry Quillian (K '17, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Fall of 2019 - Graduate Student, [[http://bbs.yale.edu/neuroscience/index.aspx|Yale University Neuroscience Graduate Program]]/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:claire_robertson.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Claire Robertson (K '17, Psychology)** \\ /*PhD student, [[https://www.psych.nyu.edu/vanbavel/lab/lab-members.html|Social Perception and Evaluation Lab]], New York University/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:roesner_adam.jpg?nolink&150}} **Adam Roesner (K '20, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Adam is a neuroscience and philosophy double major with a special interest in the study of consciousness and cognitive functioning. He also participates in rugby in his free time./* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:oscar_sun.jpg?nolink&150}} **Oscar Sun (K '23, Psychology, Japanese)** /*Oscar is a psychology and Japanese double major. He is planning to go to graduate school after Kenyon and pursue a degree in cognitive or clinical psychology. Outside of his academics, Oscar enjoys skiing and weight lifting./* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:peyton_thomas2.jpg?nolink&150}} **Peyton Thomas (K '19, Neuroscience, Chemistry minor)** \\ /*Peyton is considering going to graduate school for healthcare in neurology. /* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:anxuwang.jpg?nolink&150}} **Anxu "Ben" Wang (K '17, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Engineering Student, [[https://engineering.wustl.edu/prospective-students/dual-degree/Pages/default.aspx|Dual Degree Program]], Washington University, St. Louis/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:julia_wilson.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Julia Wilson (K '18, Psychology)** \\ /*PhD student, [[https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/bauerlab/people/|Bauer Memory Lab]], Emory University/* \\ \\ {{kpnl:people:louise_yang.jpeg?nolink&150}} **Louise Yang (K '18, Neuroscience)** \\ /*Engineering Student, [[https://engineering.wustl.edu/prospective-students/dual-degree/Pages/default.aspx|Dual Degree Program]], Washington University, St. Louis/*