Ashley Michelle Campos, MA

Ashley received her MA in psychological research from Texas State University in 2023 and her BA in psychology and English at Austin College in 2017. She is currently working in the NeuroPsychometric Lab and is primarily interested in learning about neuroimaging with fMRI. She plans to attend a PhD program in the future for cognitive neuroscience.

Lab Manager
Center for BrainHealth
UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Office: CBH 2.218
Email: ashley.campos@utdallas.edu

JOANNA L. HUTCHISON, PHD

Center for BrainHealth
UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Phone: 972-883-3258
Email: joanna.hutchison@utdallas.edu

Joanna is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow with Dr. Bart Rypma at the Center for BrainHealth and the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at The University of Texas at Dallas and at the department of psychiatry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Research Interests: Cognition and circumstances that affect cognition, such as aging, traumatic brain injury, and psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression); auditory processing; fMRI.

Binu Thomas, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for BrainHealth
Advanced Imaging Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Email: Binu.Thomas@UTSouthwestern.edu

Binu received his PhD in biomedical engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington jointly with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in August 2014. He is currently working as senior research scientist at the Advanced Imaging Research Center at UT Southwestern and as a postdoctoral research fellow with Dr. Bart Rypma at the Center for BrainHealth.

Dr. Thomas has more than 15 years of research experience in neuroimaging, MRI data acquisition, analysis and interpretation. He is interested in studying brain function using MRI based methods to measure perfusion, cerebrovascular reactivity, and cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption in young, and aging volunteers, and in diseases like Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. He has published more than 15 peer-reviewed journal publications, including papers in NeuroImage, J. Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, and JMRI, and has published over 40 conference abstracts.

Research Interests: brain function in young, aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease; effects of exercise on brain function, functional MRI, cerebrovascular physiology, perfusion MRI.

Jessica Ma

Jessica joined the lab as an undergraduate intern and eventually went on to receive a BS in neuroscience from UT Dallas in 2021 and is currently enrolled in the doctoral Neuroscience and Cognition program. She is primarily interested in using neuroimaging techniques to study cognition, neural mechanisms, and the pathologies that may affect these processes. Specifically, she aims to use fMRI to investigate cognitive processes and brain vasculature in both healthy and clinical populations.

Doctoral Student
UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Email: jessica.ma@utdallas.edu

GAYATHRI BATCHALLI MARUTHY, MS

Doctoral Student
UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Email: Gayathri.bm@utdallas.edu

Gayathri graduated with a master’s degree in applied cognition and neuroscience program from UT Dallas in May 2017. She is currently a graduate student at the Neuropsychometric Research Lab assisting with the Multiple Sclerosis and Mindfulness projects. With a background in Ayurveda (an alternative system of medicine practiced in India), she is interested in understanding the mechanisms involved in meditation by using neuroimaging techniques and looking at its effects on neurological disorders. Her extra-curricular interests include Indian classical music and practice of yoga.

G. Hulon Sherard, BS

Doctoral Student
UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Email: glenn.sherard@utdallas.edu

Hulon received bachelor’s degrees in cognitive science and mathematics in 2020 from The University of Texas at Dallas. He now conducts research as a PhD student in the NeuroPsychometric research lab, with interests focused on age discrepancies in the relationships between white matter integrity, BOLD signal functional connectivity, cerebral blood flow, and systems of neurovascular coupling.

TANISHA BUNDELA

Tanisha is a senior at UT Dallas majoring in neuroscience and minoring in psychology on the pre-med track. She is interested in Mindfulness and how it can affect activity in the brain and is currently involved in Mindfulness projects at the NPR lab. Tanisha plans to get her doctorate in psychology and continue working in research after graduating from UT Dallas.

GIGI CUMMINGS

Gigi is a research assistant in the NPR lab and is currently working on the Mindfulness Project. She received her bachelor’s in psychology and child development in 2022 and is now a master’s student in the applied cognition and neuroscience program. After receiving her master’s degree, Gigi plans to apply for an MD-PhD program in order to achieve her goal of conducting impactful research in clinical neuroscience. She is interested in both cognition and the cellular mechanisms of the nervous system.

POUYA MABOUDIAN

Pouya is a junior neuroscience major at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is interested in researching neurodegenerative diseases such as MS and Alzheimer’s. He is currently assisting in the NPR lab’s Multiple Sclerosis project. Pouya plans to attend medical school and pursue a profession in neurology as well as continue being involved within research.

LANDON SCOTT NORMAN

Landon is a senior at UT Dallas where he studies both neuroscience and art. He is fortunate enough to be able to combine his passions of art and science in order to create wonderful illustrations of topics related to research and health. His sights are set on medical school where he hopes to become a neurologist and a medical illustrator. Working in the NPR lab has not only given him a deeper understanding of neurodegenerative diseases but inspired him to find ways to better educate the public about health topics. Before medical school, he plans to devote a few years to branch out his research to other disorders and diseases such as schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s disease.

SOGAND SAADAT

Sogand is a student at UT Dallas in the Neuroscience Postbaccalaureate Program. She graduated from Southern Methodist University with a major in psychology on the premed track. She has a great interest in researching neurodegenerative diseases such as MS and assists in our MS research projects. Sogand plans to attend medical school and pursue a profession in the field of neuro-oncology.