DML.UCDAVIS.EDU - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Graduate Student
- Member of Both the Dynamic Memory Lab
Ashley is currently a member of both the Dynamic Memory Lab and the Ragland Lab at UC Davis. She is interested in studying retrieval-induced facilitation (RIFA) using the testing effect in naturalistic settings. Additionally, she is interested in computationally modeling the medial temporal lobe to investigate pattern completion and pattern separation. Outside of lab, you can find Ashley watching reality tv shows and having movie nights with friends.
Job Titles:
- Junior Research Specialist
- Junior Specialist
James received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2015, where he studied how we replay our memories while we sleep. From 2015-2020, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton, where he continued this research on sleep and also studied how surprise affects memory using real-world sports games. At Davis, he is building computational models of how we represent time in memory as well as how we stitch together memories formed apart in time. Outside of research, James enjoys reading fiction, watching sports, and curating well-tailored music playlists for others.
Job Titles:
- Junior Research Specialist of the Dynamic Memory Lab
- Junior Specialist
Mitchell is a current Junior Research Specialist of the Dynamic Memory Lab, where he assists members with behavioral and fMRI data collection and analysis. In addition to research, Mitchell helps with many of the logistical aspects that keep the lab functioning. These include the on-boarding and training of new Research Assistants as well as organizing research lab usage between Lab members. Mitchell's main research interests are focused on the role of the Hippocampus in memory and semantic learning, and how the information stored changes over time. More broadly, he is interested in modeling of the hippocampus and applications of machine learning. Mitchell received his B.S. in Psychology and Social Behavior from University of California, Irvine before joining the DML. Outside of the lab, he enjoys exercise, producing music, and cooking.
Job Titles:
- Lab Manager
- Staff Research Manager for the Ranganath
Trevor is the current staff research manager for the Ranganath and Yonelinas labs, where he heads patient testing and facilitates the many research projects of graduate students and postdocs. Trevor is currently involved in the development of programs that will increase diversity among research staff, as well as programs which aim to prepare undergraduates for a career in research. His research interests span a wide variety of topics, including cognition, consciousness, and the integration of the nervous system with prosthetic devices. Specifically, Trevor is interested in how many current research methodologies can be implemented to give patients an immediate and tangible benefit.
Trevor spent his undergraduate career developing and piloting the current Cognitive Science major at UC Davis, where he received his B.S. from in 2015. He is currently attending the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, where he will obtain his MBA degree in 2023. When not in lab or studying, Trevor enjoys reading, camping , cycling, and cooking.
Job Titles:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Staff Scientist
Xiaonan is interested in understanding how memory retrieval and post-retrieval spontaneous brain activity can modify memory representation and affect long-term retention. In addition, Xiaonan is also interested in applying laboratory paradigms to the real world and examining how retrieval of events in real-life contexts can change representation of continuous memory traces.