Students

Benjamin Basile, bbasile@emory.edu, Advisor: Robert Hampton

Shala Blue, snblue@emory.edu, Advisor: Jocelyne Bachevalier

Chelsie Cushman, ccushma@emory.edu, Advisor: Hillary Rodman

Courtney Glavis-Bloom, cglavis@emory.edu, Advisor: Jocelyne Bachevalier
Research Interests: Learning and memory in primates

Ebony Glover, eglover@emory.edu, Advisor: Michael Davis
Research Interests: My research concerns the neurobiology of aversively motivated learning and memory. Employing a Pavlovian fear conditioning paradigm, we use pharmacological and neurobiological manipulations to assess various aspects of fear memory.

Janice Hassett, jhasset@emory.edu, Advisor: Kim Wallen
Research Interests: I am interested in how social variables influence cognition and perception, and hope to use eye-tracking technology in future research with socially-housed rhesus monkeys.

Jennifer Juergensen-McGee, jmjuerg@emory.edu, Advisor: Darryl Neill
Research Interests: Neurobiological effects of drugs on behavior.

Andrew Kazama, akazama@emory.edu, Advisor: Jocelyne Bachevalier
Research Interests: Investigating the neurobiological basis and development of decision-making with a special emphasis placed on the role of the amygdala, hippocampus, and orbital frontal cortex.

Magdalena Krysiak, mkrysia@emory.edu, Advisor: Hillary Rodman
Research Interests: I am interested in the evolution of and individual differences in sensory systems.  In particular, I focus on the behavioral correlates and neuroanatomy of rodent visual cortex organization.

Cary Leung, chleung@emory.edu, Advisor: Donna Maney
Research Interests: My research focuses on understanding how the brain modulates social behavior in songbirds. My plan is to combine lab and field studies on the white-throated sparrow to understand how vasotocin affects aggressive behavior.

Ian Longacre, ilongac@emory.edu, Advisor: Frans de Waal
Research Interests: Animal social behavior, particularly behavioral economics and social transmission in primates.

Regina Paxton, rpaxton@emory.edu, Advisor: Robert Hampton
Research Interests: I am interested in primate social cognition and how these abilities relate to social structure.

Christa Payne, cpayne2@emory.edu, Advisor: Jocelyne Bachevalier
Research Interests: My research focuses on the anatomical and functional development of the amygdala, perirhinal cortex and orbital frontal cortex and the impact early damage to these areas has on the neuroanatomical organization and socio-emotional behavior in rhesus macaques.

Joshua Plotnik, jplotni@learnlink.emory.edu, Advisor: Frans de Waal
Research Interests: Animal social behavior, reciprocal altruism, behavioral economics, and animal cognition.

Jessica Raper, jraper@emory.edu, Advisor: Jocelyne Bachevalier

Rebecca Roberts, rarobe3@emory.edu, Advisor: Kim Wallen

Sara Sanford, sesanfo@emory.edu, Advisor: Donna Maney

Shannon Stephens, ssteph3@emory.edu, Advisor: Kim Wallen

Malini Suchak, msuchak@emory.edu, Advisor: Frans de Waal
Research Interests: Primate social behavior and cognition, particularly behavior economics.

Victoria Templer, vitempl@emory.edu, Advisor: Robert Hampton

Marina Wheeler, mgwheel@emory.edu, Advisor: Darryl Neill and Michael Davis

Postdoctoral Fellows

Matthew Campbell, matthew.campbell@emory.edu, Advisor: Frans de Waal
Research Interests: Empathy and empathy precursors in nonhuman primates, imitation, social learning, preparing captive-born animals for reintroduction.

Anne-Pierre S. Goursaud, agoursa@emory.edu, Advisor: Jocelyne Bachevalier
Research Interests: Neurobiological mechanisms underlying the development of complex social and emotional behaviors and cognitive skills in primates and understand how these processes may be altered in some psychiatric disorders, such as autism.

Victoria Horner, vhorner@rmy.emory.edu, Advisor: Frans de Waal

Julie Martin-Malivel, jmalive@emory.edu, Advisor: Kim Wallen

Karin Pazol, kpazol@emory.edu, Advisor: Kim Wallen