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THE LABORATORY ON SOCIAL & AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE

About LSAN

Georgetown University

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience is located in the Department of Psychology at Georgetown University. We conduct research aimed at understanding the social, cognitive, and neural basis of social processes that include empathy, altruism, and aggression.
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Interested Applicants

APPLY TO JOIN THE LAB AS A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER

We are accepting applications for post-doctoral researchers with excellent computational skills, familiarity with structural and functional fMRI research, and a strong record of research productivity to conduct research on the neurocognitive basis of empathy, altruism, and psychopathy. Please contact Dr. Marsh to inquire about upcoming post-doctoral opportunities and please attach a current CV to your email.

Please see complete information on our post-doctoral position here.

APPLY TO JOIN THE LAB AS A PHD STUDENT

We are considering accepting a new Ph.D. student to the lab in the upcoming application cycle. Please click the link below for more information about applying to the Psychology PhD program, the Neuroscience PhD program, or the Cognitive Science PhD program, all of which are programs through which our lab accepts graduate student trainees.

Please also see this page for my recommendations and advice for potential PhD applicants to my lab, or any lab.

APPLY TO BE AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

We are seeking enthusiastic, hard-working undergraduate students as research assistants. Please note that we are not able to offer research assistant positions to all interested applicants.

LSAN MEMBERS

Past & Present

Current Members

Kate Bohigian portrait

Kate Bohigian

Research Assistant
Portrait of Courtney Brooks

Courtney Brooks

Research Assistant
John Chin Portrait

John Chin

Research Assistant
Joy Chung RA Portrait

Joy Chung

Research Assistant
Heather Doherty Portrait

Heather Doherty

Research Assistant
Portrait of Paige Foster

Paige Foster

Research Assistant
Jeffrey Gao Portrait

Jeffrey Gao

Research Assistant
Grace Hardymon portrait

Grace Hardymon

Research Assistant
Portrait of Cait Jenkyn

Cait Jenkyn

Research Assistant
Portrait of Penny Li

Penny Li

Research Assistant
Graeme Morland-Tellez Portrait

Graeme Morland-Tellez

Research Assistant
Portrait of Caroline Palermo

Caroline Palermo

Research Assistant
Portrait of Jessica Visone

Jessica Visone

Research Assistant
Portrait of Mateo Zoubek

Mateo Zoubek

Research Assistant

Lab Alums

PhD in Psychology, Georgetown University
Social & Behavioral Scientist Administrator, OBSSR, NIH
PhD in Psychology, Georgetown University
Assistant Professor, Catholic University
PhD in Psychology, Georgetown University
LSAN Laboratory manager, 2010-2012
Social Science Analyst, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
PhD in Neuroscience, Georgetown University
Senior Recruiter at WeWork
LSAN Laboratory manager, 2016-2018
Social Scientist, The Lab @ DC
PhD in Neuroscience, Georgetown University
PhD student (Clinical Psychology, Washington State University)
LSAN Laboratory manager, 2020-2022
PhD in Psychology, Georgetown University
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical Psychologist, Director of the Center for Child Behavior
PhD in Clinical Psychology, Louisiana State University
LSAN Laboratory manager, 2014-2016

Hannah Savitz

PhD student (Psychology, Yale University)
LSAN Laboratory manager, 2018-2020
Sustainable behavior psychologist, Capgemini Engineering
Visiting post-doctoral fellow, 2020-2023
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
PhD in Clinical Psychology, University of Southern California
LSAN Laboratory manager, 2012-2014
Behavioral Scientist, Discover Financial Services
PhD in Psychology, Georgetown University
Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands
PhD in Neuroscience, University of Porto
* Completed dissertation research in LSAN

Undergraduate Alumni

Hae Min Byeon*, COL ’11

PhD student, University of Chicago

Honors Student

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Research Assistant

Jessica Chaffkin*, COL ’13

MD, University of Maryland

Honors Student

Kelly Church, COL ’13

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Keri Church, COL ’13

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Nicole Conrad, COL ’19

JD student, University of California Berkeley

Lauren Davis

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Michael Didow III

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Yean Do*, COL ’13

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Honors Student

Zoë Epstein, COL ’17

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Lin Gan, SFS '23

Research Assistant

Brandi Ginn*, COL ’20

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Honors Student

Shivani Goyal*, COL ’19

Post-doctoral IRTA, NIMH/NIH

Honors Student

Mollie Grossman, COL ’12

PhD, Gerontology, USC

Mike Hall

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Jennifer Hammer*, COL ’14

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Honors Student

Alexandra Hashemi, COL ’11

MD, Tulane University

Arianna Hughes, COL ’17

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Sarah Khorasani, COL ’16

MD/MA student, Tufts University

Alexa King

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience
Research Assistant

Kalli Krumpos, COL ’12

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Joanna Li, COL '23

MA Student, University of Chicago

Kyla Machell*, COL ’10

PhD, Clinical Psychology, George Mason University

Honors Student

Diana McCue, COL ’11

MSSW, University of Texas at Austin

Updates

Recent News & Publications

Recent Publications

Law, K.F., Amormino, P., Marsh, A.A., O’Connor, B.B.
(2023).
In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences, in press

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