SCANN Lab

Ashley Krause

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Ashley Krause is a third-year doctoral student in the social psychology area at the University of Florida. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Francis Marion University in 2020. She broadly studies the psychology of place and well-being. She takes a socioecological approach by understanding how people feel connected to their physical surroundings and, in turn, how those physical surroundings impact people. Ashley also enjoys putting together jigsaw puzzles, playing with her dogs, and going on bike rides.

Eliany Perez

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Eliany graduated from the University of Florida with a dual degree in Psychology (B.S.) and Anthropology (B.A.). She is now a double gator pursuing a doctoral degree in the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida. She is interested in examining spatial cognition and navigation in aging populations using functional neuroimaging.

Ashish Sahoo

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Ashish graduated as an MSc in Biology and joins the lab pursuing a doctoral degree in Psychology. He is interested in understanding the differences in navigation strategies that is pursued by people of different age groups and plans to study this using VR and fMRI. He enjoys video games and has finished (almost) every GTA game released ever.

Chengsi Yi

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Along the way from Psychology BSc to MA, Chengsi dived into human spatial cognition/navigation studies, mostly training people with games and virtual navigation aids and looking into their behavior and brain activities. Chengsi now proceeds toward his Ph.D. as he joins the SCANN lab, studying how people and their brains choose and optimize navigation strategies. When his brain isn’t swimming in caffeine, you can always find Chengsi expertly navigating toward the nearest coffee shop.

Ece Yüksel

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Having a passion for design, Ece enrolled in the university as an architecture student, later started her double major in psychology to discover the relationship between people and places. Her passion then evolved into exploring this relationship, so spatial navigation became her primary research goal. She is also interested in cognitive map controversy and way-finding and design (planning to work with virtual reality and fMRI). She enjoys traveling, designing posters, and watching TV series (her all-time favorite is Hannibal).