Beata Kaminska – PhD student in the Neuroscience and Behavior program at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Bachelor’s in Developmental Neuropsychology and Spanish from the University of Connecticut- Storrs. PhD focus: how reward and punishment influence motivation and impulsivity. In her free time she enjoys camping, crafting, eating, and volunteering for the Polish Girl Scout Org.

Julie Factor. Mount Holyoke College Undergraduate RA 2014-2015. Post Moorman Lab Position: National Institute on Drug Abuse Postbaccalaureate Research Training Program

Alice Morgunova, Hampshire College Undergraduate RA 2014-2016. Post Moorman Lab Position: National Institute on Drug Abuse Postbaccalaureate Research Training Program followed by Graduate Student at McGill University

David Nikom, UMass Amherst Undergraduate RA 2015-2017. Post Moorman Lab Position: TBD

Carlos Johnson-Cruz. Amherst College Undergraduate RA 2015-2017. Post Moorman Lab Position: Graduate Student at University of California San Francisco

Dr. Christopher Perk joined our lab after receiving his PhD from the University of Otago. There he studied the role of the mesostriatal dopamine system in motivation and attention using behavioral neurophysiological techniques. In the Moorman Lab he is investigating the role of the orexin/hypocretin system in motivation and addiction.

Dr. Christopher Perk joined our lab after receiving his PhD from the University of Otago. There he studied the role of the mesostriatal dopamine system in motivation and attention using behavioral neurophysiological techniques. In the Moorman Lab he is investigating the role of the orexin/hypocretin system in motivation and addiction.

Annalise Binette – UMass PREP trainee 2016-2017. Post-Moorman Lab activites: Graduate Student at Texas A&M

Kyra Schapiro. Amherst College Undergraduate RA 2014-2015. Post Moorman Lab Position: Graduate Student at University of Pennsylvania