THANH TRAN

Education

B.A in Psychology
GPA: 9.72
Psychology Commendation for the best prepared and defended Psychology Thesis in the year 2023-2024
Recipient of the Psychology Department Scholarship
Recipient of the Erasmus+ Grants for an exchange semester and a traineeship

Contributed to the design and implementation of a behavioral experiment investigating the role of Early Visual Cortex (EVC) and Eye Gazing in processing the size of haptically explored objects.
Developed experimental stimuli and implemented the task using MATLAB and Psychtoolbox.
Recruited and trained participants, and conducted data collection sessions.
Performed data preprocessing and statistical analysis to evaluate behavioral outcomes.

Get hands on lab experience by contributing to work on different projects
Engage in technical work (experimental testing, data processing, etc.)
Take part in the wider activities of the lab group (discussions about researcher, attendance at conferences/seminars/relevant talks or lectures relevant to the lab work, etc.)

Review classroom or curricular topics and assignments related to psychology courses
Assist students with homework, projects, papers, research, and other academic tasks
Hold study sessions for exam preparation

Support Dr. Jennifer Schneider & Michelle Howell in instruction of some courses: Introduction to Natural Sciences, Methods of Inquiry in Natural Sciences, and Cognition: Learning, Memory, and Thinking
Research environment-related topics
Prepare for and set up lab/class materials before class time
Tutor/hold study sessions
Organize events to raise environment/climate awareness.
Lead/teach class discussions
Take care and train guinea pigs
Build demo models for natural phenomena