Dr. Micheal Dent
Principal Investigator | Professor of Psychology | Director of Undergraduate Studies | Cognitive Area Head
B.A. (Psychology) St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Ph.D. (Psychology) University of Maryland, College Park
Post-doc (Physiology) University of Wisconsin Medical School
Email: mdent@buffalo.edu
Graduate Students
Sonny Schoenhoft, Ph.D. student in the Behavioral Neuroscience Area of Psychology
M.Sc. in Biology from Stephen F. Austin State University, TX; B.A. in Psychology and Animal Studies from Eckerd College, FL
Research Interests: I am broadly interested in animal communication and cognition, individually specific calls, the role of learning and how it shapes acoustic communication, and the ties between cognition, sociality, and communicative complexity.
Email: mmschoen@buffalo.edu
Jiarui Li, M.A. student in the Cognitive Area of Psychology
B.A. in Psychology from the University at Buffalo, SUNY
Research Interests: I am highly interested in all research related to animals, especially studies on audition and communication. I am currently studying whether mouse can detect low frequency calls at very low intensities.
Email: jli492@buffalo.edu
Honors Student
Grace LeVea, Biological Sciences major
Research Interests: I am interested in auditory recognition and preferences in mice. I am specifically planning to study the difference in preference for pups between nulliparous females and mothers
Email: anniepot@buffalo.edu
Recent Former Graduate Students
Sevda Abdavinejad, Ph.D. in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Riley McLaughlin, M.S. in Psychology
Mariam Ashour, M.S. in Psychology
Dr. Payton Charlton, Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology
Jay M. Cooney, M.S. student in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Cade Leinbach, M.S. in Psychology
Dr. Kali Burke, Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Huaizhen Cai, Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Anastasiya Kobrina, Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Laurel Screven, Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience Psychology
Recent Former Honors Students
Grace LeVea, Psychology Honors Student
Emma Ogilvie, Biological Sciences Honors Student
Bridget Crandall, Psychology Honors Student
Victoria Majka, Biological Sciences Honors Student
Zachary Zaharkin, Biological Sciences Honors Student
Lucia Fetkenhour, Psychology Honors Student
Kathleen Ohman, Biological Sciences Honors Student