I'm Andy Kim, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California.


This page was last updated on Oct 2024.

I completed my PhD in Neuroscience with Dr. Brian A. Anderson in the Learning & Attention Lab (Texas A&M University; Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences). I am currently working with Dr. Mara Mather in the Emotion & Cognition Lab (University of Southern California; School of Gerontology) and am funded by a National Institute on Aging NRSA Fellowship (F32-AG076288).

My research interests are to investigate how the locus coeruleus-noradrenaline (LC-NE) system modulates networks of attentional control, identify how aging modulates neural computation of positive and negative affect, determine the mechanisms by which arousal and aging alters the LC-NE system, and to characterize a functional brain measure that can predict likelihood to transition to prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease during aging, prior to the observance of plasma biomarkers and the progression of substantial neurodegeneration. My research program incorporates a systems neuroscience and multimodal approach (EEG; pupillometry; eye movements; fMRI; structural MRI; plasma biomarkers; neurocognitive assessments).

My research expertise is in the following with selected publications.


Journal Reviewer (Affective Neuroscience; Experimental Psychology; Locus Coeruleus and Aging)

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging

Cognition

Cognition & Emotion

Current Biology

Emotion

Emotion Review

European Journal of Neuroscience

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

NeuroImage

Neuropsychology

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Psychological Research

Scientific Reports

External Grant Reviewer

U.S. National Science Foundation                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Swiss National Science Foundation (joint reviewer) 

Please view and download my CV here.

AndyCV.pdf

Get in touch at andyk@usc.edu