Emrah Aktunc

Mahir Emrah Aktunc received his master's degree in psychology from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. from the Science and Technology Studies program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In his scholarly work, Dr. Aktunc strives to develop an interdisciplinary trajectory of empirical and philosophical work employing methods and theories of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of science. Specific research topics include human working memory, evidence and inference in neuroimaging, inductive reasoning, and a new project on symbolic cognition.

Jeramey Tyler '23

RPI Degree Program: Cognitive Science Ph.D.

Hometown / Country:  Jeffersonville, Indiana

Area of Research / Interest:  Artificial intelligence

Undergraduate Studies:  Computer Science and Mathematics, Indiana University Southeast

Grace Roessling '25

RPI Degree Program: Cognitive Science Ph.D.

Area of Research / Interest:  Integration of Online Visual Guidance and Spatial Navigation in High-speed Steering

Undergraduate Studies: Cognitive Science and Psychology, SUNY Oswego

Noah Phillips

RPI Degree Program: Cognitive Science Ph.D.

Area of Research / Interest:  Skill Acquisition in eSports

Undergraduate Studies:  Psychology and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

AJ Jansen

RPI Degree Program: Cognitive Science Ph.D.

Area of Research / Interest:  Embodied cognition

Undergraduate Studies:  Cognitive Science, University of Evansville

Zeming Fang '22

RPI Degree Program: Cognitive Science Ph.D.

Area of Research / Interest:  Humans' learning and decision making

Undergraduate Major:  Psychology, Central China Normal University

Biography:  I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the COGS department. I am interested in understanding humans' learning and decision-making with computational modeling techniques.

Jacky Doll

RPI Degree Program: Cognitive Science Ph.D.

Area of Research / Interest:  Intelligent Virtual Agents

Undergraduate Studies:  Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Biography:  My research focuses on understanding group behavior from video content (images, audio, and speech properties). 

Email: dollj@rpi.edu. 

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