Stanford
Empowerment Neuroscience Lab

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Interdisciplinary Team

Our team comprises experts from diverse fields, including neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, computer science, design innovation research, and management science.

Current Positions

  • Instructor (faculty), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
  • Human Factors Specialist at NATO 
  • Empowerment Coach, Stanford University

Honors & Awards (selected)

  • K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (2023)
  • Stanford Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Champion Award (2023)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford Center for Automotive Research (2019)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Norwegian Centres of Expertise (2018)
  • Predoctoral Fellowship SCANCOR, Stanford University (2017)
Senior Research Scholar, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Lara Foland-Ross, PhD

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Psychology

Zoe Brier, PhD

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PhD Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics

Marc Schlichting

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PhD Candidate, Communication

Portia Wang

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MS Design Engineering

Izma Shabbir

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Constance Horng
MS Computer Science (AI)

Constance Horng

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BS Symbolic Systems (Neuroscience)

Kheli Atluru

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Troy Schouten
BS Symbolic Systems (Natural Language)

Troy Schouten

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Anam Mughal
BS Molecular and Cell Biology @ UC Berkeley

Anam Mughal

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Advisory Board

Allan Reiss
Howard C. Robbins Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Radiology

Allan L. Reiss, MD

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Debra Kaysen
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health & Population Sciences)

Debra L. Kaysen, PhD

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Mykel Kochenderfer
Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Computer Science

Mykel Kochenderfer, PhD

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Hannah Valantine
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Hannah Valantine, MD

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Stanford Collaborators

Larry John Leifer
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus

Larry Leifer, PhD

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Ade Mabogunje
Senior Research Engineer (Mechanical Engineering)

Ade Mabogunje, PhD

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Riitta Katila
W.M. Keck Professor and Professor of Management Science and Engineering

Riitta Katila, PhD

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Marion S. Buckwalter
Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD

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Miriam B. Goodman
Professor of Cell Biology

Miriam Goodman, PhD

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Victor G. Carrión
Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Victor Carrión, MD

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Crystal Botham
Director and Founder, Biosciences Grant Writing Academy

Crystal Botham, PhD

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Magali Fassioto
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity

Magali Fassiotto, PhD

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Professor of Marketing

Baba Shiv

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External Collaborators

Dr. Carl Weems
Professor and Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University

Carl Weems, PhD

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Jonas Miller
Assistant Professor in Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut

Jonas Miller, PhD

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Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion

Wendy Ju, PhD

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Chair, Human Factors Specialist Team of Joint Commission Group Unmanned Aerial Systems for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

LCDR Joseph Geeseman, PhD

Philip von Guggenberg
Director, Business Development, Advanced Technology & Systems Division, SRI International

Philip von Guggenberg, PhD

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