Teaching
2024 Instructor, Psychology and Neuroscience: Explorations at Berkeley, UC Berkeley
2021 Instructor, Frontiers of Science Institute, University of Northern Colorado
2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, COGS 144: Animal Cognition, UC Merced (UG: enrollment ~76)
2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, MGMT 158: Service Innovation, UC Merced (UG: enrollment ~45)
2014-2015 Teaching Assistant, COGS 140: Perception and Action, UC Merced (UG: enrollment ~188)
2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, COGS 130: Cognitive Neuroscience, UC Merced (UG: enrollment ~169)
2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, COGS 151: Speech Processing, UC Merced (UG: enrollment ~ 32)
2011-2012 Resident Scientist, David Lubin Elementary School, Sacramento, CA
Special Pedagogical Activities
2022-24 TMS Basic Practical Training, Stanford Keller Lab
2016 Human motion capture systems training for COGS 180: Gesture, UC Merced
2015 TMS workshop for BIOE 113: Bioinstrumentation, UC Merced
2008 Certification: California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), Permanent passing status
Mentees
Samantha Gray (co-mentor, Neurosciences PhD program, Stanford)
J. Winn Hartford (mentored project, MD Program, University of Southern California)
Manjima Sarkar (mentored project, MD-PhD Program, UNC School of Medicine)
Adolfo Ramirez PhD, Daniel Schloesser PhD, Karie Moorman PhD, Timothy Meyer PhD (GRAD-EXCEL Peer Mentorship Program, UC Merced)
Postdoctoral fellows
Adriel Brown PhD (mentored project, VA WRIISC Fellowship)
Nai-Feng Chen PhD (mentored project, Stanford Medicine Fellowship)
Mark C. Thomas PhD (VA Fellowship Peer Mentorship Program):
Psychiatry residents
Francesco Luciano Donati MD (TMS-EEG training)
Juha Gogulski MD PhD (TMS-EEG training)
Post bachelor research assistants
J. Winn Hartford
Jade Truong
Lily Forman
Manjima Sarkar MS
Brenna Hagan PhD
Shu Jing Lian
Courtney Hoblock
Sofia Kirkman MS
Undergraduate Research Assistants (not exhaustive)
Naryeong Kim
Alexandria Pabst PhD
Lillian Rigoli PhD
Saraching Chao PhD candidate
Orion Will
Zach McGann
Jacob Gonzales
Timothy Schwartz
Donnoban Orozco
Harrison Tom
May Sermonia
Amanda Pandey
Alison Crosby
Hoang Nguyen
Christine Vu
High School Students:
Lilian Chen (now an undergrad at Stanford)
Medha Pulluru (now an undergrad at Rice University)
Lahari Vallamkonda
Esha Venkat
Other/Volunteer
Reviewer, numerous journals
2021 Reviewer, Perception, Action, and Cognition program, NSF
2015-2018 Graduate Student Representative, Advisory Committee, UC Merced Transportation and Parking Services
2016 Experienced Teacher’s Assistant Informational Panel, Graduate Student TA Orientation, Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL), UC Merced
2016 Public outreach, Mercy Hospital 5K Stroke Awareness Run, Merced, CA
2015 Volunteer, 37th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Pasadena, CA
2014 Cognitive Science Student Association Meeting graduate applications, UC Merced
2014 Professional Development and Research Lab Tours, “Child Triumphs and Troubles: Language and Learning in the Early Years” UC Merced
2014 Volunteer, Days & Nights Festival, Philip Glass Center for Arts, Science, and the Environment, Big Sur, CA
2011-2012 Teacher, Brain Awareness Week (K-6 brain education), Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis
2009-2018 Expert, Entomology Question and Answer Service, Allexperts.com
2004-2008 Founding member, One World Children’s Fund, Davis Branch, Davis, CA
Mentored Junior Publications
Pulluru, M.*, Venkat, E.*, Vallamkonda, L., Chen, L., Ross, J.M. (2023). The effect of Omega-3 on Bovine Blood Cells as a Potential Remedy for Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Journal of Emerging Investigators. Web version PDF
FSI University of Northern Colorado, Mentored Projects
oral presentation and poster presentation, Website
POSTER Chen, L., & Ross, J. (2021). A review of the physical principles of brain-computer interfaces and their contemporary applications for motor rehabilitation. Frontiers of Science Institute, University of Northern Colorado.
POSTER Pulluru, M., Vallamkonda, L., Venkat, E., Chen, L., & Ross, J. (2021). What is the effect of omega-3 fatty acids on the vascular permeability of the cellular junctions in bovine blood cells as a model for cerebral cavernous malformations? Frontiers of Science Institute, University of Northern Colorado.
POSTER Vallamkonda, L., Pulluru, M., Venkat, E., Chen, L., & Ross, J. (2021). Effects of dietary omega-3 on vascular permeability, and the implications for cerebral cavernous malformations. Frontiers of Science Institute, University of Northern Colorado.
POSTER Venkat, E., Pulluru, M., Vallamkonda, L., Chen, L., & Ross, J. (2021). Effect of omega-3 on the vascular permeability of the cellular junctions of bovine blood cells as a model for CCM. Frontiers of Science Institute, University of Northern Colorado.