jeremy manning | lab director

Jeremy is an Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth and directs the Contextual Dynamics Lab. He enjoys thinking about brains, non-brain brain-related things (e.g. zombies), computers, annoying-to-solve puzzles, and cats.

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paxton fitzpatrick | grad student

Paxton graduated from Dartmouth in 2019 with a BA in neuroscience and is continuing his research in the lab while applying to grad school. He's interested in creating new experiments and software tools to study classroom learning and model how memories change over time. Outside the lab, Paxton enjoys hiking, renovating old houses, and teaching Python.

xinming xu | grad student

Xinming's research uses memory retrieval paradigms to probe how narrative and real-life events are transformed into memory. He has a particular interest in memory for temporal structure. His outside-of-the-lab interests include exploring narratives, frisbee, and squash.

claudia gonciulea | grad student

Claudia received her cognitive science and computer science degrees from the University of Michigan in 2023, and then studied learning and memory as a research specialist in the Penn Computational Cognitive Neuroscience lab. She’s interested in studying the factors that shape how new memories are created as we learn, and the subsequent changes to old memories that emerge as we experience the world. In addition to researching learning and memory, she loves going to museums, playing video and board games, baking, and being in nature.

jennifer xu | undergrad

Jennifer is a Mathematical Data Science major. She is fascinated by understanding how machines "think," whether in biological neural networks or large language models. In her spare time, she enjoys watching videos of tech reviews of mice and keyboards.

om shah | undergrad

Om is a member of the class of 2026 from Morganton, NC. He is on the pre-med track, and has many different interests ranging from biology to computer science.

sarah parigela | undergrad

Sarah is a Cognitive Science and Biomedical Engineering double major interested in translating brain research into real-world diagnostics. When she doesn't have her nose in a book, she's working as an EMT or convincing high schoolers that science is cool.

aidan miller | undergrad

Aidan is a pre-med student at Dartmouth College, majoring in Biology, minor in Spanish, and graduating in 2028. He joined the Contextual Dynamics Lab in fall 2025, where his interests center on advanced learning and memory techniques, including the method of loci and PAO systems.

alexandra wingo | undergrad

Alexandra is interested in education technology and brings to the lab her extensive computer science experience. She is especially interested in helping students with learning differences, and in developing brain-based learning tools.

alishba tahir | undergrad

Alishba is a visiting research assistant interested in the intersection of memory, narrative processing, and the mechanisms behind forgetting what to forget. She holds an undergraduate degree in Biology from LUMS and has previously worked on fMRI-based disease analysis. At the CDL, she is exploring how recall and prediction shape memory dynamics over time using naturalistic stimuli.

angelyn liu | undergrad

Angelyn is a member of the class of 2028 from the Bay Area, CA, planning on majoring in cognitive science. In her free time, she enjoys singing, reading, puzzle games, and creative writing.

azaire andre | undergrad

Azaire is a Dartmouth student studying mathematics and anthropology, with interests in health equity, education, and community leadership. She enjoys swimming and cheering, and is actively involved in campus organizations that support mentorship and inclusion.

ben hanson | undergrad

Ben is a member of the class of 2027 studying PPE and human-centered design. Outside of school, he enjoy skiing, surfing, and coffee.

ellie mattox | undergrad

Ellie is a member of the class of 2027 from Austin, TX and is majoring in neuroscience with a minor in human-centered design. Outside of the lab she enjoys playing volleyball on Dartmouth's Varsity team, spending time outside, and hanging out with friends.

sam haskel | undergrad

Sam is a double major in Quantitative Social Science and Economics, interested in how social peer influences shape beliefs and affect decision-making. He enjoys playing sports, spending time outdoors, and hanging out with friends and family.

will lehman | undergrad

Will is a '27 from Salt Lake City, Utah. He likes skiing, playing hockey, and working on new projects.

theo larson | undergrad

Theo is a '29 from Brooklyn, New York and a prospective major in Economics and History. In his free time, he enjoys reading, playing board games, and taking walks with his dog Sunny.

jason kang | undergrad

Jason, a member of the class of 2028, plans to major in Psychology. He enjoys games, hiking, and watching sports like basketball and tennis.

mak kelly | undergrad

Mak, a '28 math and computer science major, is interested in entrepreneurship and plays rugby for Dartmouth.

isaac cheon | undergrad

Isaac is a pre-dental student majoring in Computer Science. He enjoys playing drums and spending time outdoors.

ahmad wahab | undergrad

Ahmad, a Dartmouth '27 student, studies computer science and neuroscience, focusing on applying technology to solve real-world healthcare issues. In his free time, he enjoys rock climbing.

andy kim | undergrad

Andy is a prospective QSS major from Seoul, South Korea. He has many academic interests involving decision-making, learning, neurodivergence, the market, and theatre. Outside of classes he works as a Tech for Collis and dances in his hip-hop dance group Street Soul.

colson duncan | undergrad

Colson is a '27 studying Neuroscience and Biological Sciences from Los Angeles. He enjoys playing tennis, climbing and playing the guitar.

miles mcdonald | undergrad

Miles is interested in neurodivergence within inner monologues and brain-computer interfaces. He is excited to gain experience taking data through analysis to application.

malique auguste | undergrad

Malique is a double major in Applied Mathematics and Government, focusing on the quantitative tools used to investigate political and social issues. He is excited to advance the understanding of human cognition by exploring the parallels between financial markets and neural dynamics.

pattapol "phoom" sirimangklanurak | undergrad

Phoom is a member of the class of 2028 from Chiang Mai, Thailand, studying Math and QSS. Outside of class, he is passionate about photography, Magic: The Gathering, cultural organizations on campus, and good food.

katherina cohen | undergrad

Katherina is a Government and Cognitive Science major from Buenos Aires with a strong passion for Studio Art.

abe lobsenz | undergrad

Abe is a prospective mathematics major from Connecticut with interests in both pure and applied math. He enjoys biking, powerlifting, and hiking.

martin palencia-gomez | undergrad

Martin is a sophomore at Dartmouth College studying Computer Science and Economics, with a focus on the intersection of technology and healthcare. He co-founded Acesso, a startup reimagining how patients navigate health insurance, and pursues research in financial modeling, applied machine learning, and healthcare systems.

xzana duranovich | undergrad

Xzana is a sophomore majoring in Economics from Windsor, Ontario. On campus, she is a member of the varsity swim team and is particularly interested in the application of neural networks to trading algorithms.

sreshth tiwari | undergrad

Sreshth is a Mathematics and Computer Science double major at Dartmouth College. His research interests lie in causal inference and machine learning, with a particular focus on understanding the reasoning capabilities and world modeling of large language models.

sadie jackson | undergrad

Sadie is a '27 from Nashville, Tennessee, majoring in Middle Eastern Studies on the pre-med track. She enjoys running, baking, and spending time with friends and family.

neui wadwalai | undergrad

Neui Wadwalai is studying Economics and QSS, and has an interest in Art History. She is exploring how markets, culture, and human behavior shape the ways people understand and move through the world. Neui also enjoys photography, tennis, and venturing out for good food.

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who we were

Our vast network of fledgling influencers is taking the world by storm.

Check out our list of illustrious lab alumni and what they're up to now!

Postdoctoral Researchers

Hung-Tu Chen (2024-2025; now at Meta)
Gina Notaro (2017-2018; now at Lockheed Martin)
Andrew Heusser (2016-2018; now at PyMC Labs)

Graduate Students

Mark Taylor (2021)
Caroline Lee (2019-2021)
Max Bluestone (2018-2020)
Deepanshi Shokeen (2018-2020)
Kirsten Ziman (2017-2022; now at Princeton University)
Lucy Owen (2016-2021; now at University of Montana)
Tom Hao Chang (2016-2017)
Hanli Li (2016)

Lab Managers

Paxton Fitzpatrick (2019-2021; now a CDL grad student!)
Emily Whitaker (2017-2018; now at U Wisconsin-Madison)
Kirsten Ziman (2016-2017; then a CDL grad student!)

Undergraduate Researchers

Andrew Richardson (2025-2026)
Annabelle Morrow (2025-2026)
Emmy Thornton (2025)
Evan Mcdermid (2025-2026)
Jackson C. Sandrich (2025-2026)
Jaysen Quan (2025)
Joy Maina (2025)
Keene Dampal (2025)
Kevin Chang (2025-2026)
Luca Gandrud (2025-2026)
Owen Phillips (2025-2026)
Rodrigo Vega Ayllon (2025)
Abigayle McCusker (2024)
Andrew Cao (2024)
Ansh Motiani (2024)
Can Kam (2024)
Chelsea Joe (2024-2026)
Chloe Terestchenko (2024)
Everett Tai (2024)
Harrison Stropkay (2024-2025)
Jacob Bacus (2024-2026)
Kaitlyn Peng (2024)
Manraaj Singh (2024)
Matthew Givens (2024-2025)
Miel Wewerka (2024)
Rohan Goyal (2024)
Torsha Chakraverty (2024)
Aaryan Agrawal (2023-2024)
Ameer Talha Yasser (2023)
Andrew Shi (2023)
Ash Chinta (2023)
Charles Baker (2023)
DJ Matusz (2023-2024)
Elias Emery (2023)
Emma Reeder (2023-2024)
Francisca Fadairo (2023)
Grace Wang (2023)
Grady Redding (2023-2024)
Jake McDermid (2023-2025)
Maura Hough (2023-2024)
Megan Liu (2023-2024)
Michael Chen (2023-2024)
Mira Chiruvolu (2023-2024)
Natalie Schreder (2023)
Raselas Dessalegn (2023)
Safwan Rashid (2023)
Sergio Campos Legonia (2023)
William McCall (2023)
Xueyao Zheng (2023)
Yue Zhuo (2023)
Yvonne Chen (2023)
Alexander Marcoux (2022)
Anna Mikhailova (2022)
Ansh Patel (2022-2024)
Benjamin Lehrburger (2022)
Dawson Haddox (2022)
Goutham Veeramachaneni (2022)
Jessna Brar (2022)
Kevin Cao (2022)
Molly McQuoid (2022)
Samuel Crombie (2022)
Swestha Jain (2022)
Thomas Corrado (2022)
Wenhua Liang (2022)
Zachary Somma (2022)
Ziyan Zhu (2022-2023)
Aidan Adams (2021)
Brian Chiang (2021-2022)
Damini Kohli (2021)
Daniel Carstensen (2021-2024)
Daniel Ha (2021)
Kunal Jha (2021-2024)
Austin Zhang (2020)
Chelsea Uddenberg (2020)
Chetan Palvuluri (2020)
Chris Jun (2020-2022)
Chris Long (2020-2021)
Chris Suh (2020-2021)
Darren Gu (2020-2021)
Esme Chen (2020-2021)
Ethan Adner (2020-2022)
Greg Han (2020)
Helen Liu (2020)
Kelly Rutherford (2020)
Luca Lit (2020)
Shane Hewitt (2020)
Tehut Biru (2020-2021)
Tyler Chen (2020-2022)
Vivian Tran (2020)
Aaron Lee (2019-2020)
Anne George (2019-2020)
Sarah Park (2019-2020)
Shane Park (2019-2020)
Tudor Muntianu (2019-2021)
William Chen (2019-2020)
Alejandro Martinez (2018-2020)
Ann Carpenter (2018)
Darya Romanova (2018)
Iain Sheerin (2018)
Kirsten Soh (2018)
Mustafa Nasir-Moin (2018)
Rachael Chacko (2018)
Seung Ju Lee (2018)
William Baxley (2018-2019)
Armando Ortiz (2017)
Bryan Bollinger (2017-2018)
Christina Lu (2017)
Paxton Fitzpatrick (2017-2019)
Stephen Satterthwaite (2017-2018)
Aamuktha Porika (2016-2017)
Allison Frantz (2016-2017)
Aman Agarwal (2016)
Campbell Field (2016-2018)
Clara Silvanic (2016)
Gal Perlman (2016)
Jake Rost (2016)
Jessica Tin (2016)
Joseph Finkelstein (2016)
Madeline Lee (2016-2020)
Marisol Tracy (2016-2017)
Peter Tran (2016)
Sheherzad Mohydin (2016)
Wei Liang Samuel Ching (2016-2017)

friends of the lab

Science is a collaborative beast— it takes a village to tame it!

We are fortunate to have a wonderful team of collaborators and science superheroes to brainstorm with, help us notice when our ideas get a bit too crazy for the "lay scientist," and complain to when our code doesn't compile. Here are links to the fine upstanding citizens we've been hanging out with lately:

Computational Memory Lab, University of Pennsylvania (Director: Mike Kahana)

Computational Memory Lab, Princeton University (Director: Ken Norman)

Machine Learning at Columbia, Columbia University (Director: Dave Blei)

Memory Dynamics Lab, Bates College (Director: Justin Hulbert)

Computational Social Affective Neuroscience Lab, Dartmouth College (Director: Luke Chang)

van der Meer Lab, Dartmouth College (Director: Matt van der Meer)

Rockmore Lab, Dartmouth College (Director: Dan Rockmore)

Vu Lab, Dartmouth College (Director: Tam Vu)

Nautiyal Lab, Dartmouth College (Director: Kate Nautiyal)

Epilepsy and Cognition Lab, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Director: Barbara Jobst)

Chameleon Studios (Director: Talia Manning)

who we are

We're a motley crew of science nerds united in the pursuit of understanding the inner workings and limits of human memory.