Lab Members and Projects

Nicole Thomas

Graduate Student, Psychological Science

Nicole Thomas is a second-year graduate student in the Psychological Science Department. 




Efficacy of Psychoactive Treatments Examined in Contextual Fear Conditioning Paradigms Used to Elicit Symptoms of PTSD in Mouse Models


Weiland Dyer is the Team Leader for this project.  Weiland is an undergraduate student majoring in Psychology.

Evaluating Cisplatin-Induced Cognitive Deficits on Operant Tasks


Ender Harris (left), Brandon Godin (middle), and JD Payne (right) are the Team Leaders for this project. Ender and JD are undergraduate students majoring in Behavioral/Cognitive Neuroscience and Brandon is an undergraduate majoring in Psychology.

This project is being conducted through a collaboration with the Toegel Lab. 

Using Fluoxetine to Improve Cognitive Impairments Caused by Cisplatin


Nicole Marion is the Team Leader for this project.  Nicole is an undergraduate student majoring in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The Effects of Enriched Environment on Cognitive Flexibility in an Operant Paradigm and Neurogenesis in the Prefrontal Cortex


Annabelle Beck is the Team Leader for this project.  Annabelle is an undergraduate student majoring in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Diana Antonio

Undergraduate Student, Team Leader

Lily Jackson

Undergraduate Student, Team Leader

Peyton Osborne

Undergraduate Student, Team Leader

Former Graduate Students

Xochitl Delgado

Current Position: PhD Student

Xochitl Delgado's research assessed the ability of FLX to sensitize cancer cells to cisplatin treatment as well as the ability to attenuate cisplatin-induced cognitive impairment.


Delgado, Xochitl, "FLUOXETINE AS A NOVEL TREATMENT TO ATTENUATE CISPLATIN-INDUCED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT" (2021). All NMU Master's Theses. 688. https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/688


Xochitl is now a Neuropsychologist in Panama.

Rachael Nelson

Current Position: Limited License Psychologist

Rachael Nelson's research involves exploring the ability of Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) to rapidly amplification the wild type ST3GAL3 gene target, which is implicated in ADHD.


Nelson, Rachael, "EXPLORING THE CORRELATION OF THE PRESENCE OF THE ST3GAL3 GENE IN INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER USING LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION WITH COLORIMETRIC DETECTION" (2022). All NMU Master's Theses.


Rachel is now a Limited License Psychologist in the state of Michigan.