Principal Investigator
Ideator, creator, and supreme ruler of the MontiLab.
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Postdoctoral Scientists
Evan S. Lutkenhoff, Ph.D.
Vice-ruler of the MontiLab
Working on: Acute-to-chronic structural changes after severe traumatic brain injury
Julia Sophia Crone, Ph.D.
Duchess of the MontiLab
Working on: Exploring alterations in functional network organization underlying impaired consciousness using graph theoretical approaches, dynamic causal modeling, and other fun stuff
Graduate Students
John Coetzee
GS6 in Cognitive Psychology at UCLA
Working on: The role of language in deductive reasoning
Amy Zheng
GS5 in Behavioral Neuroscience at UCLA
Working on: Brain integrity measures in disorders of consciousness
John Dell’Italia
GS5 in Cognitive Psychology at UCLA
Working on: How does consciousness emerge from the interplay of billions of neurons?
Jeff Chiang
GS4 student at UCLA
Working on: Multivariate analysis of syntax and meaning
Micah Johnson
GS3 student at UCLA
Working on: Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to causally test the involvement of the inferior frontal gyrus across language, logic, math, and music.
Visiting Graduate Researchers
Laurien Nagels-Coune
GS2 student at Maastricht University
Working on: Assessment of cognitive processes with functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Research Assistants
Branden Bio
MontiLab RA (Currently a graduate student at Princeton University)
Working on: Effective connectivity in the thalamocortical network
Former Lab Members
Matthew Rosenberg
MontiLab RA (Currently a graduate student at CalTech)
Working on: Executive functions in disorders of consciousness
Shawn M. Callahan
UG student at UCLA
Working on: Structural changes in subcortical structures after severe TBI
Liz Brinson
UG student at UCLA
Working on: Visual processing in disorders of consciousness
William Davies
UG student at UCLA
Working on: The role of language in deductive reasoning
Rainy Zhang
UG student at UCLA
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