Human Performance Biopsychology Laboratory

Bradley D. Hatfield 
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Dr. Hatfield is Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland, College Park with adjunct appointments in the Neuroscience and Cognitive Sciences (NACS) as well as the Center on Aging and a secondary appointment in the School of Medicine (Department of Epidemiology and Public Health). He is a Fellow and President-elect of the National Academy of Kinesiology, and Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the Research Consortium of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), and he is a charter Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology (AAASP).  His current research is focused on 1) the assessment of cognitive load based on cerebral cortical dynamics during motor performance (funded by Lockheed-Martin Corporation) and 2) the role of physical activity and genetics in mental health. 

Dr. Rodolphe Gentili 
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Dr. Gentili is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS), Maryland Robotics Center. The central theme of Dr. Gentili's research is to understand the brain processes underlying human motor behavior by employing, experimental cognitive-motor neuroscience, computational modeling and robotics-based approaches. Dr. Gentili uses electroencephalography (EEG), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), kinematics, dynamics, electromyography (EMG), computational modeling and robotics to examine the brain processes underlying human cognitive-motor adaptation, learning and performance. 

Hyuk Oh Ph.D. 
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Hyuk has a background in computer science and computational neuroscience at the University of Southern California and then at the University of Maryland College Park. His research focuses on developing neurally inspired network models to inform the cognitive-motor behavior in human as well as on neuroimaging data processing.   

Drew Ginsberg
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Drew is a Lecturer, Supervisor of the Masters Certification Program (MCERT) in Physical Education (K-12) and Director of the Physical Activity Program. His research primarily focuses on understanding mental preparation from a psychophysiological perspective. He seeks to identify mechanisms explaining the mental preparation (psyching) force production relationship by combining neurophysiological, physiological, psychological and biomechanical measures using electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and isokinetic dynamometer to examine this relationship. 

Steve Kahl M.S. (Ph.D. Student) 
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Steve is currently a doctoral student in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park pursuing a degree in Kinesiology. His research primarily focuses on analyzing the connection between sleep and human performance from both a physical and mental perspective. He seeks to investigate the decision making the process of the elite performer under physical and mental load. 

Kyle Pietro (Ph.D. Student)
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Kiersten Janjigian M.A., M.S., CMPC (Ph.D. Student) 
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Kiersten is currently a doctoral student in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park pursuing a degree in Kinesiology. Her research primarily focuses on the psychophysiological investigation of applied sport psychology, along with the study of diagnosis and treatment of sport-related concussion. She seeks to explore the neural correlates of mental imagery and other psychological skills training tools to implement in neurofeedback and hopes to create a unique neuroelectric assessment of enhanced athletic performance. 

James Goedeke (Master's Student)
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James is currently a graduate student in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park pursuing a master's degree in Kinesiology. His research primarily focuses on stress response under pressure and neurological effects and applications of natural movement methodologies. 

Calvin Lu, Ph. D.
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Calvin recently earned his doctoral degree in Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park. His research primarily focuses on how deep diaphragmatic breathing is able to alter autonomic and central nervous system activities and its ability to improve human performance, along with the possibility of utilizing deep diaphragmatic breathing as a treatment or rehabilitation technique.

Bradley Ritland DPT, OCS, Ph. D.
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Bradley earned his doctoral degree in Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park. His research focuses primarily on how sleep levels impact human performance on (cognitive, psychomotor, and physical tasks). He is currently investigating how a short-term sleep extension intervention may impact/enhance performance on a cognitive and motor test battery. 

Kyle Jaquess M.A., Ph.D.
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Kyle earned his doctoral degree in Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park. His research primarily focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the optimal learning state, based upon the challenge point framework which can elucidate details regarding the effective learning of cognitive-motor skills and to further the fields of kinesiology, psychology, cognitive-neuroscience, and ergonomics. Constructs of interest include expertise, engagement, self-control, learning and memory, mental workload, and the optimal challenge point.

Yue Du Ph.D. (Post-Doctoral Scholar) 
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DY earned his doctoral degree in Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park. His research is focused on how distinct learning processes interactively act during motor sequence learning and their functional roles in learning and memory that operate across different timescales (i.e., consolidation, retention and generalization). His long-term goal is to understand motor learning as well as its computational, cognitive, and neural underpinnings and use these motor learning principles to unravel the processes underlying the age-related development of motor learning. 

Li-Chuan Lo Ph.D. 
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Li-Chuan earned her doctoral degree in Kinesiology from the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland College Park. She is a collaborative human behavioral researcher with a background in education psychology and training is psychophysiology. She has over 10 years of experience conducting observational experiments whose focus was to investigate the effect of stress on human attention and cognitive motor performance. She has served as a project manager and team leader executing data collection and analyses.