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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.

Phone

202 687 6853

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

Abigail Marsh, PhD

Neuroscientist, Psychologist, and Professor

Melinda Somers

Lab Manager

Joe Venticinque, PhD

Post-doctoral researcher

Paige Amormino

PhD Student (Psychology)

Marla Dressel

PhD Student (Psychology)

Ah-Yeong Kim

PhD Student (Psychology)

Naomi Nero

PhD Student (Psychology)

Kate Bohigian

Research Assistant

Courtney Brooks

Research Assistant

Paige Foster

Research Assistant

Jeffrey Gao

Research Assistant

James Gill

Research Assistant

Charlotte Golden

Research Assistant

Grace Hardymon

Research Assistant

Jack Higgins

Research Assistant

Weiran Jiang

Full Time Research Assistant

Penny Li

Research Assistant

Caroline Palermo

Research Assistant

Sanchit Sehgal

Research Assistant

Dylan Senescall

Research Assistant

Jessica Visone

Research Assistant

Mateo Zoubek

Research Assistant

Undergraduate Alumni

Hae Min Byeon*, COL ’11

PhD student, University of Chicago

Honors Student

Kearney Capuano

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Research Assistant

Jessica Chaffkin*, COL ’13

MD, University of Maryland

Honors Student

Joy Chung, COL '24

Research Assistant

Kelly Church, COL ’13

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Keri Church, COL ’13

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Nicole Conrad, COL ’19

JD student, University of California Berkeley

Lauren Davis

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Michael Didow III

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Yean Do*, COL ’13

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Honors Student

Heather Doherty, COL '24

Research Assistant, Weill Cornell Psychiatry

Honors Student

Zoë Epstein, COL ’17

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Lin Gan, SFS '23

Research associate, New York University

Honors Student

Brandi Ginn*, COL ’20

The Laboratory on Social & Affective Neuroscience

Honors Student

Shivani Goyal*, COL ’19

Post-doctoral IRTA, NIMH/NIH

Honors Student

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

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Research Assistant

Kalli Krumpos, COL ’12

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Joanna Li, COL '23

MA Student, University of Chicago

Kyla Machell*, COL ’10

PhD, Clinical Psychology, George Mason University

Honors Student

Updates

Congratulations to Dr. Katie O’Connell

LSAN

Congratulations to Dr. Katie O’Connell, who successfully defended her dissertation, “From perception to social...

Recent Publications

Berluti, K., Ploe, M. L., Doherty, H., Jones, D. N., Patrick, C. J., Marsh, A. A.

(2025).

Prevalence and correlates of psychopathy in the general population

In: Journal of Personality Disorders. In press.

Amormino, P., Kagel, A., Li, J. L., & Marsh, A. A.

(2024).

Close relationship partners of impartial altruists do not report diminished relationship quality and are similarly altruistic

In: Communications Psychology, 2(1), 1–11.

O’Connell, K., Marsh, A. A. & Seydell-Greenwald, A.

(2024).

Right hemisphere stroke is linked to reduced social connectedness in the UK Biobank cohort

In: Scientific Reports, 14, 27293.

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About LSAN

Interested Applicants

APPLY TO JOIN THE LAB AS A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER

APPLY TO JOIN THE LAB AS A PHD STUDENT

APPLY TO BE AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT

LSAN MEMBERS

Current Members

Kate Bohigian

Courtney Brooks

Paige Foster

Jeffrey Gao

James Gill

Charlotte Golden

Grace Hardymon

Jack Higgins

Weiran Jiang

Penny Li

Caroline Palermo

Sanchit Sehgal

Dylan Senescall

Jessica Visone

Mateo Zoubek

Lab Alums

Undergraduate Alumni

Hae Min Byeon*, COL ’11

Jessica Chaffkin*, COL ’13

Joy Chung, COL '24

Kelly Church, COL ’13

Keri Church, COL ’13

Nicole Conrad, COL ’19

Lauren Davis

Michael Didow III

Yean Do*, COL ’13

Heather Doherty, COL '24

Zoë Epstein, COL ’17

Lin Gan, SFS '23

Brandi Ginn*, COL ’20

Shivani Goyal*, COL ’19

Mike Hall

Jennifer Hammer*, COL ’14

Alexandra Hashemi, COL ’11

Arianna Hughes, COL ’17

Sarah Khorasani, COL ’16

Alexa King

Kalli Krumpos, COL ’12

Joanna Li, COL '23

Kyla Machell*, COL ’10

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