Michael Barnett

About Me

I am a graduate student in the department of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania where I am co-advised by David Brainard and Geoffrey Aguirre. My current research uses functional magnetic resonance imaging, computational modeling, and behavioral techniques to study the neural basis of cortical color responses.

Previously I was a lab manager for Kalanit Grill-Spector at Stanford University. During this time, I examined both the development of high-level vision and the microarchitecture of functional regions in human cortex . Prior to being a lab manager, I was a research assistant for Emily Grossman at UC Irvine where I worked on understanding the neural representation of biological motion.

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Education:

2016 - Present Ph.D., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2013 - B.S., Biological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
2011 - A.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences, Los Angeles Pierce College, Los Angeles, CA

Research Positions:

2013 - 2016 Lab Manager, Vision and Perception Neuroscience Lab, Stanford University
2011 - 2013 Research Assistant, Visual Perception and Neuroimaging Lab, UC Irvine

Fellowships & Awards:

2018 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2009 Pierce College / UC Berkeley Summer Internship in Neuroscience