The Lab
We are a relatively small, closely integrated group. The lab has never had more than six graduate students and postdocs for an extended period.
John Maunsell, PhD
Professor
John Maunsell is the Albert D. Lasker Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Director of the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Chicago. His research has spanned a range of topics, including the hierarchical organization of visual cerebral cortex, parallel processing in the visual system, attention-related modulation of visual responses, the relationship between attentional and normalization in neuronal processing, and the readout of neuronal signals from cerebral cortex. He is a member of the US National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Chery Cherian
Graduate Student
AB Biology, University of Chicago
Chery Cherian entered the Neurobiology PhD program after graduating from the University of Chicago. His thesis project is examining the relationships between attention, normalization and pairwise spike correlations in the middle temporal visual area.
Supriya Ghosh
Research Professor Specialist
BS Physics, University of Calcutta
MS Physics, Devi Ahilya University
PhD Neuroscience, Natl Centre Biol Sci, TIRF Bangalore
Supriya Ghosh’s research is focused on understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying fundamental components of attention — selective attention and attentional effort (the intensive aspect of attention). His work has compared how area V4 and the superior colliculus contribute to control of attention. He is also using pharmacological and optogenetic methods to investigate the role of norepinephrine (NE) neuromodulation on attentional effort in the superior colliculus and locus coeruleus.
Georgia Green
Research Specialist
BS Cognitive & Behavioral Neuroscience, Loyola University of Chicago.
Georgia Green joined the lab last summer. She plans to get some research experience before applying to neuroscience graduate programs.
Lai Wei
Graduate Student
BS Biological Sciences, Peking University
Lai Wei is exploring how the signals from neurons in cerebral cortex are read out by sub-cortical structures to guide behavior. He is using behavioral and neurophysiological approaches to test the hypothesis that sub-cortical structures are unable to detect decrements in the spiking of cortical neurons.