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Dr. Leonard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Colorado Denver. As an undergraduate, she attended Rutgers University, with a double-major in Psychology and Economics, and a minor in Cognitive Science. She then received a Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University, and conducted postdoctoral work at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. She arrived at CU Denver in...

Dr. Ringer is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado Denver. He completed his undergraduate (B.S.) and graduate (M.S., Ph.D.) degrees in Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University with Dr. Lester Loschky. Most recently, Dr. Ringer worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Human Factors at Wichita State University with Dr. Rui Ni, as part of the CNAP (Center for Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity), an...

Annabel Aduboampong is an undergraduate Human Biology major with a pre-med focus. Her interest in psychology began in her Intro to Psychology course, which sparked her curiosity about cognitive science and visual processing. She joined the lab in fall of 2025 to learn more about the cognitive sciences and visual processing. She is dedicated to gaining new experiences, accumulating exposure in various roles in healthcare, child development, leadership, and customer...

Lauren Hamilton is a final-year undergraduate majoring in psychology and minoring in cognitive and behavioral neuroscience. She is interested in neurodegenerative disorders, memory, and learning. She joined the lab as a research assistant and contributes to research on attention and perception. Lauren is particularly interested in how biological mechanisms influence behavior and how this knowledge can improve approaches to human health. She plans to pursue graduate study in neuroscience and...

Kelly Karagias is a graduate student in the CU Denver School of Education’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. Once she is a licensed professional counselor, she hopes to become certified to administer psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. During her undergrad, under the mentorship of Dr. Leonard, she completed a thesis on left-right differences and the presence of pseudoneglect during a useful field of view (UFOV) task. In her free time, Kelly enjoys spending...

Michelle is an undergraduate student majoring in B.S. Psychology and plans to minor in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. Michelle joined the lab in the Summer of 2025 to help her prepare for rigorous graduate school demands. She is concurrently working on her project about human interpretation of AI-generated images, thanks to the lab facilities. She hopes to continue her contribution to the lab for the rest of her undergraduate years...