Research Staff

Project Supervisors/Research Coordinators

Gerard- Nisal Bischof
Research Coordinator
Dipl. Psychologist

Research interests: Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging, Structural and Functional MRI Methods, Neuroplasticity, Multisensory Perception, Event-Related-Potentials.

Gerard Bischof got his Diploma in Psychology from the University of Hamburg, Germany. During his study he focused on Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and ERP-Research. He also majored in Clinical Psychology and Industrial and Organizational Psychology. His thesis investigated temporo-spatial perception in older adults using behavioural parameter and event-related potentials. As a research coordinator he is particularly interested in developing research projects and learning and understanding imaging methods e.g., MRI, fMRI.

Email: Gerard.bischof@utdallas.edu
Website: http://agingmind.utdallas.edu/whoweare_gerard.php

Clifford Calley, B.S.
Project Supervisor, EEG Lab

Research Interests: Patterning and electrophysiology of subcortical neural populations, behavioral and developmental genetics, Gulf War Syndrome, functional monism, neural Darwinism, music, and self-reference.

Email: csc019300@utdallas.edu

Tim Green, B.S.
Project Supervisor

Research Interests: Gulf War Syndrome, motor speech disorders, and phonology of cultural and regional dialects.

Email: tgreen@utdallas.edu

Tina Jeon, M.S., B.A.
Research Assistant

Research Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases, Neuroimaging

Tina is working with Dr. King using fractals as a way to quantify shape characteristics of demented and aging populations. She has been perfecting the use of a semi-automated segmentation and parcellation program called FreeSurfer, developed at the Martinos Center to analyze both volumetric and shape complexities of the brain. Using this software suite and Dr. King's custom fractal analysis program, the lab hopes devise a neural biomarker for disease.

Email: tina.jeon@utdallas.edu
Website: King Lab

Michelle McClelland , B.S.
Research Coordinator

Research interests: social cognition deficits in TBI, austism/Asperger’s, and schizophrenic populations, reasoning, neuroimaging, decision making, and motivating behavior.

Email: M.M.McClelland@utdallas.edu

Clair Moore, B.A.
Project Supervisor/Research Coordinator

Email: clair.moore@utdallas.edu

Sandra Vanegas, M.S.
Project Supervisor, CAARTE/ADHD

Research interests: Cognitive differences in children with ADHD, development of language and executive functions in children with autism, and the role of language and inhibition in conceptual development in bilingual children.