Amanda Hahn

Principal Investigator

Amanda Hahn (Ph.D., University of St Andrews, Scotland) is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Cal Poly Humboldt. Her program of research focuses on neuroendocrinological factors that influence social perceptions and social behavior. She is particularly interested in adult's responses to infant cues and caretaking behavior.

Teaching: Social Neuroscience, Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, Sensation & Perception, Evolutionary Psychology, Advanced Behavioral Neuroscience, Graduate Professional Development Seminar, Graduate Research Methods & Evaluation

Julia Kandus

Co-Investigator

Julia Kandus (M.A., Humboldt State University) is a lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is primarily interested in stress research.

Teaching: Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, Health Psychology, Human Development

Graduate Students

Nathan Boone

(Lab Manager)

Heng Yam

(Lab Secretary)

Caitlin Harp

Camille Burns

Shairy Jimenez-Delgado

Nick Summers

Research Assistants

Corinne Tighe

Josh Worthington

Steven Tong

David Harris 

Marina Wright

Jazmin Pacheco-Vasquez

Alice Zhang

Camryn Hanf 

Leslie Lopez 

Amaia Kennedy

Bria Kupras

Gabe Lewis

Catherine Andrews

Adnan Alyan 

Francesca Messina

Evina Romero 

Linamarie Sojka 

Miguel Guerroro

Maria Fragoso Calzada 


Graduate Alumni

Ben Skillman (2019)

Data Analyst

RMC Research Corporation

Yacoub Innabi (2019)

PhD Student, UC Merced

Quant & Systems Biology

Erica Motter (2019)

Research Assistant

PaRC, Univ Pittsburgh

Mariah Lehnertz (2019)

Opthamology Student

Cal Berkeley

Hannah Ferguson (2020)

Medical Lab Technician

Lauren Larsen (2020)

Title IX Investigator

Cal Poly Humboldt

Steven Bowman (2020)

Data Analyst

Humboldt County

Melissa Martin (2021)

Purchasing Manager

Humboldt County

Kaitlin Duskin (2022)

Lecturer at CSU Fullerton

Psychology

Lola Pesce (2022)

School Psychologist

WA

Jeff Frederick (2022)

Lecturer at HSU & CR

Psychology

Rachael Kee (2023)

PhD Student, UC Davis

Comm. Neuroscience

Zoë Royer (2023)

Research Assistant

Oakland University

Juergen  Riedelsheimer (2023)

PhD Student, Idaho State

Neuroscience

Edwin Rosales-Vijil (2023)

MSc, Netherlands

Data Science

Bernd Huber (2023)