Carnegie Mellon University

Behavioral Brain (B2) Research Training Program

Carnegie Mellon University & University of Pittsburgh

B2 Mentors

Our 46 B2 Program Faculty Mentors are drawn roughly equally across our affiliated PhD programs and institutions, include all academic ranks, involve research expertise spanning the major research themes of the B2 Program, and preserve mentor gender balance in line with estimated base rates for women in cognitive neuroscience. In addition, 39% of our faculty identify as a member of an underrepresented group. B2 faculty mentors are committed to high-quality mentoring, with an average of 3 predoctoral students per lab.

 Faculty

B2 Program predoctoral students are mentored by a B2 Program Faculty Mentor, as well as a Co-Mentor. All B2 trainees are expected to do a rotation in a lab outside the primary mentor's laboratory to broaden their training experience and to learn new skills.

B2 Program Directors

Julie Fiez, University of Pittsburgh
Lori L. Holt, Carnegie Mellon University

Faculty Mentors

Marlene Behrmann

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Psychology

331 Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-2790
Behrmann@cmu.edu

Steven Chase

Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Scott Hall 4N113
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-263-5512
schase@andrew.cmu.edu
Marlene Cohen

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Department of Neuroscience

University of Pittsburgh
Department of Neuroscience
A210 Langley Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-268-4486
cohenm@pitt.edu


Marc Coutanche

University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Learning Research and Development Center
3420 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-7458
marc.coutanche@pitt.edu


John David Creswell

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Psychology

354L Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-9182
creswell@cmu.edu


Kasey Creswell

Carnegie Mellon Univesity
Associate Professor, Psychology

254J Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-2792
kasey@andrew.cmu.edu


Michael Walsh Dickey

University of Pittsburgh
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Communication Science and Disorders

University of Pittsburgh
6077 Forbes Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-383-6721
mdickey@pitt.edu

Kirk Erickson

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
3107 Sennott Square 
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-4533
kiericks@pitt.edu


Anna Fisher

Carnegie Mellon University 
Associate Professor, Psycholoy

354I Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-8656
fisher49@andrew.cmu.edu


Julie Fiez

University of Pittsburgh
Chair, Psychololgy

University of Pittsburgh
605 LRDC
3939 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-7078
fiez@pitt.edu

Peter Gianaros
University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
506 Old Engineering Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-9578
gianaros@pitt.edu


Lauren Hallion

University of Pittsburgh

Assistant Professor, Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
4121 Sennott Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

hallion@pitt.edu


Jamie Hanson

University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
715 LRDC
3939 O'Hara Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

jamie.hanson@pitt.edu

Lori Holt
Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Psychology
355F Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-4964
lholt@andrew.cmu.edu

Y. Kate Hong

Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

200B Mellon Institute
Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

katehong@andrew.cmu.edu


Chengcheng Huang

University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Neurosciene and Math

University of Pittsburgh
Department of Neuroscience
407 Langley Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

(412)383-5953
huangc@pitt.edu


Jana Iverson

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology

Sennott Square 4207
South Bouquet Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-6160
jiverson@pitt.edu


Marcel Just

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Psychology

327H Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-2791
just@cmu.edu

Jana Kainerstorfer

Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Scott Hall 4N105
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-5718
jkainers@andrew.cmu.edu

Tai Sing Lee

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Computer Science

Mellon Institute Rm 115
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213


412-268-1060
tai@cnbc.cmu.edu

Melissa Libertus

University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
626 Murdoch Building
3420 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260


(412) 624-7457
libertus@pitt.edu

Beatriz Luna

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychiatry and Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

lunab@upmc.edu


Bradford Mahon

Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor, Psychology

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-7136
bmahon@andrew.cmu.edu

Nazbanou Nozari

Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor, Psychology

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-2185
bnozari@andrew.cmu.edu

Carnegie Mellon Univesity
Associate Professor, Neuroscience Institute

Mellon Institute Rm 115
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-3968
colson@cnbc.cmu.edu

Charles Perfetti

University of Pittsburgh
Distinguished University Professor, Psychology
 
University of Pittsburgh
528 Murdoch Building
3420 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
 
(412) 624-7071
perfetti@pitt.edu

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Psychology

254N Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-5145
plaut@andrew.cmu.edu

Michael Pogue-Geile

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology

Sennott Square 4207
South Bouquet Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-4500
mfpg@pitt.edu


Rebecca Reed

University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Psychology

University of Pittsburgh
4411 Sennott Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

rebecca.reed@pitt.edu


Michael Sayette

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology  
University of Pittsburgh
4303 Sennott Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 

 

412-624-8799

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Neuroscience Institute

Baker Hall 254G
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

bgsc@andrew.cmu.edu


Jennifer Silk

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Psychology

4429 Sennott Square
South Bouquet Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15260


Matthew A. Smith

Carnegie Mellon University
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Mellon Institute 115
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-9989
msmith@andrew.cmu.edu

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Psychology

Baker Hall 346C
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
412-268-4379

Erik Thiessen

Carnegie Mellon University

Associate Professor, Psychology

Baker Hall 342D
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
412-268-6747

Natasha Tokowicz

University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Psychology

604 LRDC
3939 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-7026
tokowicz@pitt.edu


 Gelsy Torres-Oviedo

University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering

The University of Pittsburgh, Bioengineering
4420 Bayard Street, room 115
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

(412) 624-2660

Timothy Verstynen

Carnegie Mellon University

Associate Professor, Psychology

Baker Hall 342E
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
412-268-2961

Tessa Warren

University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Psychology

635 LRDC
3939 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-7460
tessa@pitt.edu


Douglas Weber

University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Bioengineering

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering
3520 Fifth Ave, Rm306
Pittsburgh, PA, 15213

412-383-1426
dougweber@pitt.edu

George Wittenberg

University of Pittsburgh
Professor, Neurology

Department of Neurology
811 Kaufmann Medical Building
3471 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-647-8080
wittenberggf@upmc.edu

Aidan Wright

University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor, Psychology

4121 Sennott Square
210 S. Bouquet St
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213

412-624-3065

 Eric Yttri

Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

243 Mellon Institute
Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-2782
eyttri@andrew.cmu.edu


Byron Yu

Carnegie Mellon University
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

B204 Hamerschlag Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-9658
byronyu@cmu.edu

Daniel Yurovsky

Carnegie Mellon University
Assistant Professor, Psychology

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

412-268-6266
dry@andrew.cmu.edu