Liad Mudrik

Quick Navigation Biography mudrikli@post.tau.ac.il My research focuses on consciousness, its neural correlates and its functions: how does it come about, and what – if anything – does it do. As part of this interdisciplinary collaboration, we will focus on volition, and study the possible role consciousness might play in volitional Read more…

Alison Oliver

Quick Navigation Biography aloliver@chapman.edu Alison studied neuroscience and philosophy at the University of San Diego before coming to the Brain Institute to pursue her research interests, which include social cognition, evolutionary psychology, and neuropsychiatry. She started at the Brain Institute in 2020 and is now teaching and working towards her Read more…

Sydney Scott

Quick Navigation Biography syscott@chapman.edu Sydney is a sophomore English journalism major and education minor. At the Brain Institute she is an administrative assistant, who hopes to use the experience to gain useful skills that will help her succeed in future endeavors. When she is not working at the Brain Institute, Read more…

Debbie Nguyen

Quick Navigation Biography debbnguyen@chapman.edu Debbie studied Psychology and Chemistry at Chapman University. They began as an Administrative Assistant at the Brain Institute in Spring 2022. She is passionate about advocating for marginalized populations, especially as it relates to representation in academia. Debbie aims to pursue a career in Public Health Read more…

Sophie Kelly

Quick Navigation Biography sokelly@chapman.edu Sophie Kelly is a Television Writing and Production Major from Kansas City, Missouri. She joined the Brain Institute as a videographer in 2022, and loves to learn new things about psychology through the filmmaking process. Outside of videography, she is a Film Music minor, and enjoys Read more…

Amy Whitmarsh

Quick Navigation Biography whitmarsh@chapman.edu Amy Whitmarsh graduated from Chapman in fall 2022 with major in health sciences major and a neuroscience minor. She has been a research assistant with the Brain Institute since spring 2021. While doing research, Amy has focused on EEG and the use of the float-pod. She Read more…

Mathieu Landry

Dr. Raz is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Brain Institute… Quick Navigation Biography Director mathieu.landry2@mail.mcgill.ca Dr. Mathieu Landry completed his Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience at McGill University. Broadly, his research explores how cognition (e.g., attention, anticipation, executive control) shapes consciousness (i.e., how we subjectively experience Read more…

Tomáš Dominik

Dr. Raz is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of the Brain Institute… Quick Navigation Biography Director tomasdominik01@gmail.com Dr. Dominik received his Ph.D. in December 2019 after defending a dissertation thesis pertaining various aspects of Libet’s experiment. His interests lie in the overlap between psychology, psychophysiology and neuroscience Read more…

Tian Lan

Quick Navigation Biography tlan@chapman.edu Tian Lan is a biomedical engineer with the Brain Institute. He holds an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UC Irvine. He oversees the equipment and experiments in the lab, as well as the day-to-day operations of the institute Tian is interested in using EEG, EMG, TMS, eye-tracking, Read more…

Uri Maoz

Quick Navigation Biography Assistant Professor maoz@chapman.edu C.V. Positions Dr. Uri Maoz joined Chapman University in 2017 as an Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience at Crean College and at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Brain and Behavioral Sciences. He is also an affiliate at Schmid College of Science and Technology and at Read more…