:. Scott Frey - Director

Web Address: http://freylab.uoregon.edu/
Email: shfrey@uoregon.edu
Comments: Scott received a Masters degree from Harvard in 1987 in Human Development and a Ph.D. from Cornell in Experimental Psychology in 1993. His current work explores the neural bases of perception and action in humans, with particular attention to complex manual skills such as prehension, tool use and gesture. A major focus of this work is to advance our understanding of how brain organization is affected by upper limb paralysis or amputation as well as the role that cognitive training and/or use of prostheses might play in functional reorganization. His approach is to seek convergent evidence through psychophysical, functional (fMRI) and structural MRI, and MRI-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies of healthy and patient populations.

Select Recent Imaging Publications

Johnson-Frey SH, Newman-Norlund R, Grafton ST (2005) A Distributed Left Hemisphere Network Active During Planning of Everyday Tool Use Skills. Cereb Cortex 15:681-695.

Johnson-Frey SH, Vinton, D., Norlund, R.N. & Grafton, S.G. (2005) Cortical topography of the human anterior intraparietal area. Cognitive Brain Research 23:397-405.

Tunik E, Frey, S.H., Grafton, S.T. (2005) Virtual lesions of the human anterior intraparietal area disrupt goal-dependent on-line adjustments of grasp. Nature Neuroscience 8:505-511.

:. Jolinda Smith - MR Physicist

Web Address: http://lcni.uoregon.edu/~jolinda
Email: jolinda@uoregon.edu
Comments: Jolinda received a Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Oregon in 1997, and has worked at the Lewis Center since 2002. Her interests include software development, image analysis, and RF coil design. She is the author of MRIConvert, a program for batch conversion of DICOM image files to volume formats.

:. Scott Watrous - MRI Technologist

Web Address: http://lcni.uoregon.edu/~scott
Email: frogs@uoregon.edu
Comments: Earning an Associate of Science from the Oregon Institute of Technology and a BS and MS from the University of Oregon, Scott has 23 years experience in diagnostic imaging including radiography and Computerized tomography. The last 13 years have focused solely on MRI. His professional interests include functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), MicroMRI, and MRI coil design as well as MRI safety. Off campus, you can find Scott cycling, hiking, cooking/eating, rock/fossil hunting, and gardening.

:. Sergei Bogdanov - Research Assistant

Web Address: http://lcni.uoregon.edu/~svb
Email: sbogdano@uoregon.edu
Comments: Sergei received his Masters Degree from Arizona State University in 1997. He trained in mathematical modeling of human perception and categorization, experimental design and statistical data analysis both at ASU and University of Texas in Austin. During the last few years, he developed web database applications, most recently at Zebrafish International Resource Center.

His mission at LCNI is to facilitate a wide variety of research projects in cognitive neuroscience. He will be interacting with researchers on experimental design and MRI/fMRI data collection/analysis, developing custom software for image analysis, and training to run LCNI's Siemens 3T research-dedicated scanner.

In his spare time, he spends time outdoors with his family, plays (European) football, and dabbles in stock market analysis in the unlikely case his current employment takes too long in making him rich beyond his imagination.

:. Chuck Theobald - System Administrator

Web Address: http://lcni.uoregon.edu/~chuck
Email: chuckt@uoregon.edu
Comments: Chuck has been working with computers since 1989, most recently as the computer guy for two programs within the University's Department of Education. In September 2002, he joined the LCNI to fulfill a lifelong goal of supporting researchers investigating the leading edge of hard science and to work with really cool technology. He is currently studying undergraduate physics, and hopes one day to actually understand most of what his co-workers are talking about. He enjoys Nordic skiing, motorcycling, bicycle commuting in the rain, and, of necessity, creative solutions in home improvement.

:. Mona Bronson - Office Manager

Web Address:
Email: monabron@uoregon.edu
Comments: Mona provides administrative support to the Lewis Center as office manager and assistant to the director. She has an extensive background in research administration at various social science research institutes in the Eugene area. The Center benefits from the breadth of her support of staff, subjects, and investigators in their research endeavors. She enjoys her daily bike commutes, life with students, and working with stellar scientists of the brain.

:. Diana Alderette - Office Specialist

Web Address:
Email: dalderet@uoregon.edu
Comments: Diana performs reception duties including scheduling, recruiting and office support to the Lewis Center staff, visitors, faculty, students and research subjects. She has an extensive background in bookkeeping and business administration, with 8 years at UCLA and over 20 years owning a small business in Southern California. Diana spends her free time outdoors with her family in activities such as walking and rafting, and in the kitchen preparing special Mexican recipes.