Lab director
Caitlin R. Bowman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Cait is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in how the brain forms memories and uses memories to make decisions. Her research also focuses on how our ability to form and use memories changes with age. She uses fMRI to measure brain signals while individuals complete cognitive tasks, tracking which brain regions support various cognitive functions.
Cait earned her PhD from Penn State in 2015 and returned to her home state of Oregon to complete a Post-doc in the Brain and Memory Lab with Dasa Zeithamova. She joined the Psychology Department at UWM as an Assistant Professor in 2021.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Cait is a cognitive neuroscientist interested in how the brain forms memories and uses memories to make decisions. Her research also focuses on how our ability to form and use memories changes with age. She uses fMRI to measure brain signals while individuals complete cognitive tasks, tracking which brain regions support various cognitive functions.
Cait earned her PhD from Penn State in 2015 and returned to her home state of Oregon to complete a Post-doc in the Brain and Memory Lab with Dasa Zeithamova. She joined the Psychology Department at UWM as an Assistant Professor in 2021.
Graduate students
Cara Charles
Cara is a PhD student in Psychology on the Neuroscience track. She earned her Associates degree from Glendale Community College in 2018 and went on to complete her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Arizona State University in 2020. Cara started in the CABI lab in 2021.
Cara Charles
Cara is a PhD student in Psychology on the Neuroscience track. She earned her Associates degree from Glendale Community College in 2018 and went on to complete her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Arizona State University in 2020. Cara started in the CABI lab in 2021.
Yuju Hong
Yuju is a PhD student in Psychology on the Neuroscience track. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Cognitive Science from University of Virginia in 2019 and worked as a lab manager for the Long Term Memory Lab at University of Virginia under Dr. Nicole Long before joining the CABI lab in 2022.
Kana Kimura
Kana earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Stony Brook University in 2017. She joined PhD program in Psychology at UWM in 2019 and the CABI lab in 2022.
Lab manager
Saisha Birr
Saisha is an undergraduate student at UWM majoring in psychology. She began classes at UWM in the Fall of 2019 and started in the CABI lab in the Fall of 2021.
Undergraduate research assistants
Wade Allen
Wade is an undergraduate student in Psychology with a focus in Neuroscience and a minor in Physics. He joined the CABI lab in the summer of 2023 and aspires to a future career in cognitive neuroscience.
Alessa Ebben
Alessa is an undergraduate student who completed her degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2021 and has returned to UWM for a second major in Neuroscience. She intends to further her education in Computer Science in the near future and to work with computational biomedical research. She joined the CABI lab in Fall of 2022, and is excited to be part of the team.
Calysta Hawkins Luken
Calysta will start at UWM in the Fall of 2023 and plans to major in Psychology. She started in the CABI Lab in the Summer of 2023 as a mentee for the UR@UWM summer program.
Jessica Kania
Jessica is currently an undergraduate student at UWM majoring in Psychology. She started classes at UWM in the Spring of 2021 as a transfer student. She started in the CABI lab in the Summer of 2022.
Daniel Karl
Daniel is an undergraduate student at UWM majoring in Psychology. He started classes in the Fall of 2020 and joined the CABI lab in the Fall of 2023.
Anahlia Rivera
Anahlia is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology. She transferred to UWM at the start of 2022 and joined the CABI lab in the Fall of 2023.
Sadie Rockette (she/her)
Sadie is a transfer student majoring in Psychology and on the Pre-Med track. Her research interests are in memory, cognition, mindfulness, and pediatric psychology. She is Co-President of the Student Gerontology Association at UWM and enjoys community outreach. She joined the CABI lab through the UWM STAR program in Fall 2023.
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