Principal Investigator
tobias.egner@duke.edu
Tobias Egner, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Tobias received a B.Sc. in Psychology from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and then went on to earn his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience at Imperial College London, University of London. After that, he undertook postdoctoral research at the Functional MRI Research Center at Columbia University in New York City before working as a Research Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease center at Northwestern University in Chicago. In summer 2009, he joined the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University.
For more information, download Tobias Egner's CV.
Post Docs
changrun.huang@duke.edu
Changrun Huang
Changrun earned his B.Eng. in Measurement & Control Technology and Instruments from Guangdong University of Technology. He completed an M.Ed. in Psychology at South China Normal University, where he worked under the supervision of Dr. Rongjun Yu. He then pursued a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, guided by Dr. Jan Theeuwes and Dr. Mieke Donk. His doctoral research focused on how prior learning experiences influence attentional selection. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Associate in Dr. Tobias Egner's lab.
His research interests focus on the adaptation of cognitive control in response to historical learning experiences. He is currently investigating the challenges of resolving imperative yet anticipated conflicts through cognitive control.
Graduate Students
ricardo.morales.torres@duke.edu
Ricardo Torres
Ricardo studied psychology in the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. He later earned a M.Sc. in Neuroscience from the Universidad de Chile. Currently he is a Cognitive Neuroscience PhD student interested in episodic memory, cognitive control and counterfactual thinking.
jim.zhang@duke.edu
Jim Zhang
Jim graduated from Rice University in 2022 with a B.A. in Neuroscience and a B.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, working with Dr. Tobias Egner, Dr. Simon Davis, and Dr. John Pearson.
Jim is currently interested in how subjective experiences arise from neural activity, the application of stimulation (TMS) to improve semantic memory in MCI adults, and the influence of episodic memory on cognitive control levels. He plans to study these questions using behavioral, fMRI, modeling, and TMS techniques.
jaime.rios@duke.edu
Jaime Rios
Jaime graduated from UC, Davis in 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, where he studied metascience with Dr. Simine Vazire. He later worked as a research coordinator at Stanford University, researching cognitive control with Dr. Patrick Bissett and Dr. Russ Poldrack. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, working with Dr. Tobias Egner.
Jaime is broadly interested in "Sequential Control" or the dynamic trial to trial changes that take place throughout control-based behavior. Currently, he is focusing on researching how individuals switch between internal and external attentional foci. He plans to study cognitive control using both behavioral and neuroimaging techniques.
Lab Manager
roshni.ammanamanchi@duke.edu
Roshni Ammanamanchi
Roshni graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2023 with a B.S. in Psychology and a minor in Spanish for the Medical Professions. She is currently working as an Associate in Research within the lab under Dr. Tobias Egner and intends to pursue graduate studies in clinical psychology in the future.
She is interested in how mental and neurological states impact behavioral responses with regards to cognitive control, and wants to explore the application of neuroscience to developing psychotherapeutic interventions that focus on executive function and emotional regulation.
Alumni
Candice Wang - Senior Researcher, Center for Responsible Lending
Raphael Geddert - Senior Associate Data Scientist, Gilead Sciences
Brooke Sevchik - Data Analyst, University of Pennsylvania
Eva Gjorgieva - Management Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Audrey Liu - Postdoctoral Fellow, George Washington University
Jasmin Stein - Ph.D. student, TU Dresden, Dresden, DE
Peter Whitehead - Associate Director, Data Science, Merck, USA
Sam Verschooren - Postdoctoral Scholar, Humboldt University, Berlin, DE
Tanya Wen - Applied Perception Scientist, Meta Reality Labs
Nick Brosowsky - Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
Rafael Cruz - Data Scientist, UW Madison, USA
Christina Bejjani - Senior Data Scientists, ChowNow, USA
Jack Dolgin - Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Ziwei Zhang - Graduate Student, University of Chicago, USA
Yu-Chin Chiu - Assistant Professor, Purdue University, USA
Anthony Sali - Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University, USA
Amelia M. Abbott-Frey - MD Candidate, Columbia University Medical School, USA
Hanna Oh Descher - Senior Data Scientist, Apple, USA
Paul Muhle-Karbe - Postdoctoral Scholar, Oxford University, UK & Stanford University, USA
Jiefeng Jiang - Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, USA
Emma Wu Dowd - Senior Research Program Coordinator, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Anastasia Kiyonaga - Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego, USA
Franziska Korb - Postdoctoral Scholar & Lecturer, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Joseph King - Postdoctoral Scholar, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Darinka Trübutschek - Postdoctoral Scholar, Oxford University, UK