Researchers working across computational neuroscience, cognitive science, clinical science, brain imaging, and neurostimulation.
Lab director

Joshua W. Brown, PhD
Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences; Lab Director
Develops computational models of cognitive control and tests their predictions with functional MRI and neurostimulation.
Graduate students

Rahwa Netsanet
she/her
Doctoral student in Clinical Science and Neuroscience
Research interests: sensory perception, neuromodulation, and chronic pain.

Eileen E. Faulk
she/her
Doctoral student in Psychological and Brain Sciences
Specializations: Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience; Complex Networks and Systems.

Mariah K. Evans
they/them
Doctoral student in Clinical Science and Neuroscience
Research areas: noninvasive brain stimulation, addiction and associated psychopathology, and network neuroscience.

Vibin K. Parakkattu
Doctoral student in Cognitive Science and Clinical Science
Research interests: computational neuroscience, network analysis, psychiatric diagnostics, precision medicine, and neuroinformatics.
Staff

Kendall E. Moore
she/her
Lab manager
B.S. in Clinical Psychological Sciences with a certificate in Neuroscience. Research areas include executive function, substance use disorders, brain stimulation, and neuroimaging interventions.
Undergraduate researchers

DaeLynn Diver
she/her
Undergraduate researcher in Neuroscience
Research areas: substance use disorders, mental health disorders, and brain stimulation.

Sisney Cheung
she/her
Undergraduate researcher in Neuroscience
Research interests: neuroimaging, neuroplasticity, and neurobiology in psychopathology.

Claire Schneider
she/her
Undergraduate researcher in Community Health
Research areas: substance use disorders and brain stimulation.

Gabriella E. Jones
she/her
Undergraduate researcher in Neuroscience and Psychology
Research interests: brain stimulation, substance use disorders, neuroplasticity, psychotic disorders, and anxiety disorders.
Lab alumni — Research scientists

Justin Fine, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine
Lab alumni — Postdoctoral researchers

Will Alexander, PhD
Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Adam Krawitz, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Victoria

Derek Nee, PhD
Associate Professor, Florida State University

Anand Ramamoorthy, PhD
Lab alumni — Graduate students

Rena Fukunaga, PhD
Centers for Disease Control

Andy Jahn, PhD
University of Michigan

John Purcell, PhD
Rutgers University

Sarah Forster, PhD

Woo Young Ahn, PhD
Professor, Seoul National University

Noah Zarr, PhD

Huzi Cheng, PhD

Priyamvada Modak, PhD

Emma Herms
Graduate student alumna, Clinical and Cognitive Science
Research interests: interoception and affective processes in community and clinical populations experiencing psychosis symptoms.
Lab alumni — Undergraduate students

Sruthi Sakthi
Indiana University graduate, 2025; medical school beginning Fall 2025
Research interests included pain perception and anticipation, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular research, and preventive medicine.