Michael Crognale is a professor in visual neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the chair of the Department of Psychology. He received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of California at San Diego, and a doctoral degree in physiological psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He performed postdoctoral work in visual neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley. Crognale was an assistant research professor with joint appointments at the University of Washington, Seattle and the Seattle Children's Hospital from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he joined the University of Nevada, Reno faculty.
Alex Richardson is a PhD student in the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program. He received his BS degree in Psychology at Black Hills State University. He currently studies visual perception and is interested in using Adaptive Optics to better understand color vision in humans. He can be reached at aj.richardson518@gmail.com.
Mackenzie Wise is a PhD student of the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Program. She received her BS degree in Psychology from the University of Oregon in 2015. Her past research explored the use of EEG and neuromodulation for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy. Now, her current research interests involve the employment of EEG, ERG and AOSLO methodologies for the clinical investigation of visual evoked potentials. She can be reached at mackenziewise@nevada.unr.edu.
Osman Kavcar is a PhD student in the Integrative Neuroscience Program. He received his BS degree from Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi in Business Administration and MBA degree from University of Houston-Downtown specializing in Investment Management. His current research interests include exploring and modeling edge integration in Brightness/Lightness perception, and exploring the potential of adaptive optics laser scanning ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) in Cognitive Neuroscience research. He can be reached at okavcar@nevada.unr.edu.