Post Doctoral Fellows & Research Associates

Research Associate - Psychology Science

Email: reyhaneh@ualberta.ca

Bohn, Linzy

(PhD, University of Alberta)

Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology Science

Email: linzy@ualberta.ca

Supervisor: Roger Dixon

Office: BS-P306, (780) 492-7602

Research Activities: Dr. Linzy Bohn’s Postdoctoral Fellowship is held in the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) and supported by a partnership between Alberta Innovates and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Bohn is conducting research with Professor Roger Dixon and colleagues in the CCNA, as well as other local, national, and international collaborators. The research emphasizes the application of data-driven analytics (e.g., machine learning) to large-scale longitudinal studies and other databases of human brain/cognitive aging and neurodegeneration (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease). The overarching aims are to advance research integrating multiple modalities of Alzheimer’s biomarkers (e.g., genetic, metabolic, imaging), morbidities (e.g., frailty), risk factors (e.g., health, functional, lifestyle), and demographics (e.g., sex, gender) in the precision prediction of differential aging trajectories and clinical outcomes (e.g., dementia).

Chen, Mingzhang

(PhD, Michigan State University)

Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology Science

Email: mz.chen@ualberta.ca

Supervisor: Yao Zheng

Lab: Adolescent Development Lab

Office: BS-P346-C, (825) 888-5369

Research Activities: Mingzhang is broadly interested in developmental psychology and its intersection with data science, with expertise in structural equation modeling and natural language processing. Mingzhang seeks to leverage big data and advanced analytics to promote the scientific understanding of human development and address questions like: How do the public perceive adolescence and how such perceptions may impact adolescent development? How adolescents' everyday experiences are interrelated and how such interrelations may influence development and well-being? Mingzhang is open to potential research collaborations, especially to projects involving innovative research questions and methodology.

Gao, Dan

(PhD, Leiden University)

Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology Arts

Email: dgao4@ualberta.ca

Supervisor: Yao Zheng

Lab: Adolescent Development Lab

Office: BS-P346A

Research Activities: Data analysis, manuscript writing, conference presentation, student mentoring, and data collection management.

Whittaker, Ben

(PhD, Swansea University)

Postdoctoral Fellow - Psychology Science

Email: bawhitta@ualberta.ca

Supervisor: Lauren Guillette

Office: BS-P108J

Research Activities: Dr. Ben Whittaker is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Animal Cognition Research Group, led by Dr. Lauren Guillette. Ben is interested in how among-individual variation (i.e. personality) intersects with cognition (acquiring, processing, storing, and recalling information). They are also interested in how individual bias influences decision-making, and studying cognitive processes through using animal architecture (i.e. bird nests). Ben is intrigued by questions like: Do individuals with different personalities use the same information in different ways? At what point (if any) do heavily-bias individuals change their decisions? Ben mentors research students in the ACRG and assists with lab management. They also sit on Department and EDI committees.