Postdoctoral Researchers
Hyojeong Kim
Hyojeong finished her bachelor's and master's degrees in Psychology at Yonsei University in South Korea, and earned her Ph.D. in Psychology at University of Texas at Austin. Hyojeong's study has been focused on cognitive control through neuroscience methods. Her doctorial research investigated how cognitive control impacts representational changes in memory, and it has been expanded to how it impacts other cognitive processes by mediating their processing networks. Now, her passion of cognitive neuroscience lays on deepening our understanding of how cognitive control neurally manipulates and reorganizes our mental processes and how it can cause individual differences across various cognitive processes.
Daniel Leopold
As a graduate student in the dual-degree clinical psychology and neuroscience program, Daniel's research focuses on neurodevelopmental disorders such as reading disability (RD; dyslexia), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and a related construct called sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT). He is particularly interested in the common cognitive and neural correlates of learning differences and comorbid psychopathologies, with the ultimate goal of improving the identification and remediation of these difficulties for children and adolescents. Personal Website
Megan Patterson
Megan received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her APA Internship at the Charleston Consortium – Medical University of South Carolina. Her program of research is focused on individual differences in biological and psychosocial factors during puberty that contribute to the development of psychopathology during adolescence, with a particular interest in transactions between biology, such as genetics and hormones, and human behavior. By focusing on the impact biological changes on adolescent mental health, Megan hopes to inform targeted adolescent intervention and prevention programs.
Harry Smolker
Harry’s research employs both MRI methodologies and behavioral genetics techniques to illuminate the biological basis of behavior by understanding the neural and genetic architectures associated with individual differences in executive function and psychopathology. His research focuses on the intersection between cognition and emotion, with a specific focus on the brain systems that allow individuals to modulate emotional experiences and how atypical properties of these systems may contribute to the onset, severity, and cessation of psychopathology.