Who We Are:
Faculty, Staff, and Students of the Lab
Spring 2007


Rick Gilmore
principal investigator
Adam Christensen
Adam Christensen
graduate student

Trish Tan
Trish Tan
graduate student


Rebecca von der Heide
graduate student

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Dr. Gilmore is the head of the Penn State Infant Brain Development and Cognition Laboratory. He earned his masters and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and joined the faculty at Penn State in 1997. He has broad interests in developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Adam is a second year graduate student in Developmental Psychology. He earned his B.S. in Psychology at St. Lawrence University in 2004. His interests are in the development of spatial perception and cognition.
Rebecca is a first year graduate student in Psychology and will be joining the lab in the Spring of 2006.

Deb Borochovitz
Deb Borochovitz

undergraduate research assistant

Roger Coleman
Roger Coleman

undergraduate research assistant

Katie McDevitt
Katie McDevitt
undergraduate research assistant

Michael Yannes
Michael Yannes
undergraduate research assistant

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Roger is a junior majoring in biology with a minor in neuroscience. He is primarily involved in video processing and making the web site. After this semester he hopes to get a co-op in biomedical research, then get into a neuroscience graduate program after graduation.
Katie is a junior majoring in Psychology. She does many different tasks at the lab involving the VEP study. She is also a Teacher's Aide at a preschool and a waitress at Baby's Burgers and Shakes. After Penn State, Katie plans to attend Grad School for Counseling Psychology.
Michael is a freshman, and is a member of the Science BS/MBA Program in the Eberly College of Science. He plans to pursue his undergraduate degree in the life sciences, with minors in Biology, Psychology, and Neuroscience, before pursuing an MBA. After this, he may pursue graduate work in pharmacology. In addition to his role as an RA, Michael is involved with various clubs on campus, and tutors in both Chem 012 and Bio 110 for the University Learning Centers.

Lubov Zeifman
Lubov Zeifman
undergraduate research assistant
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Lubov is a junior majoring in psychology (neuroscience option) with a double-minor in neuroscience and biology. In the lab she is involved in all aspects of research, ranging from data entry and analyses to setting up algorithms in FileMaker Pro. She is also doing her honors thesis with Dr. Gilmore on NIRS. After graduation she intends to pursue a research-oriented graduate program in Neuroscience.

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Contact us:
http://babylab.psych.psu.edu
e-mail: rog1@psu.edu
phone: (814) 863-5670