Past Members

Graduate Students

David Amodio
David is currently an Assistant Professor at New York University, where he has his own Social Neuroscience Lab. He was previously a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, and received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 2003.


Amanda Brodish
Amanda is currently a post-doc at Michigan.


Robin Nusslock
Robin is on a clinical internship at Western Psychiatric, Pittsburgh.


Snezana Urosevic
Snezana is on a clinical internship in Milwaukee, WI.


Leah Zinner
Leah is currently an assistant professor at Oglethorpe University.

Lab Managers

Meghan Fearn
Meghan received her B.A. from UW-Madison in 2002 and worked as lab manager from 2002 to 2005. She is currently living in Sun Prairie, WI while she attends Marquette University’s Master’s in Counseling program, and after graduating this summer, she plans on being a high school guidance counselor.

Jon Sigelman
Jon managed the Social Emotive Neuroscience Lab at UW-Madison from 1998 to 2001. He earned a B.A. in Psychology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 1999 and his J.D. from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2004. He is currently working as an Associate attorney at Laurie & Laurie PA in St. Louis Park, MN.

Lee Turonie
Lee succeeded Jon as manager of the Social Emotive Neuroscience lab in 2002. He continued to follow in Jon’s footsteps and received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in the spring of 2005. Lee is presently an attorney for the La Crosse County Circuit Court in La Crosse, WI.

Lab Technicians

Ziggy Bialzik
Ziggy was a tremendous help in getting the original SEN lab going when it was at the University of Wisconsin. He still provides consultations and humor from afar (he's still at UW).

Dirk Wilker
Dirk, aka Good Ole Dirk, also helped tremendously to get the original lab going at UW. Now, he works for a medical engineering firm in Michigan.

Group Photos

Fall 2008


Back: Jacque Rampy, Aimee Howarth, Anita Lazar, Laura Gravens, Carly Peterson.
Middle: Raymond Serra, Andrew Tessmer, Jessica Hobbs, Kim Hawkins, Holly Albert.
Front: Melora Coughan, Philip Gable, Thomas Price, Carson Marston.

Spring 2007


Back: Laura Ferguson, Matt Escamilla, Brittany Cornish, Carly Peterson, Kim McBride, Hannah Hamilton.
Front: Philip Gable, Matt Wester, Lisa Chapa, Meagan De Bock, Jamie Kern.

Fall 2006


Back: Philip Gable, Melissa Hobbs, Lisa Chapa. Middle: Jodi Whitaker, Matt Escamilla, Carly Peterson, Laura Ferguson. Front: Brittany Cornish, Caughey Richardson, Hannah Hamilton. Not pictured: Jamie Kern and Kim McBride.

Spring 2006


Left to Right: Brian Perez, Carly Peterson, Jodi Whitaker, Philip Gable, Christin Montz, Caughey Richardson, Melissa Hobbs.
Not pictured: Jamie Kern.

Spring 2003


Top Row, Left to Right: David Bennett, Tim Sweeny, Allison Burck, Beth Welken, Jim Sullivan, Kristin Cleereman, Peter Johnson, Morgan Shields.
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Kim LaPaglia, Meghan Fearn, Amber Olson.

Fall 2002


Top Row, Left to Right: Rebecca Scherrer, Erin Currie, Peter Johnson, Erica Holzer, Jim Sullivan, and Tim Sweeny.
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Kristin Cleereman, Meghan Fearn, Melissa Moody, Amber Olson, Melissa Ramsey, Beth Welken, and Laura Fritz.

Spring 2002


Top Row, Left to Right: Melissa Moody, Erica Holzer, Stephanie Kriener, Vanessa Sandberg, Jim Sullivan, Rebecca Scherrer, Frank Amelio, Meredith Traudt, Lee Turonie.
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Amber Peterson, Erin Currie, Kari Reeck, Kristin Cleereman, Laura Fritz.

Fall 2001



Spring 2001


Top Row, Left to Right: Lee Turonie, Dave Amodio, Leonard Lee, Jon Sigelman, Sheri Mohr, Kate Vaughn.
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Frank Amelio, Betsy Dieterich, Lindsey Bakker, Jen Parker, Kari Reeck.

Fall 2000


Top Row, Left to Right: Jen Parker, Kate Vaughn, Lee Turonie, Dave Amodio, Leonard Lee.
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Sheri Mohr, Katherine Hermina, Jon Sigelman, Kari Reeck, Lindsey Bakker.

Spring 2000


Left to right, back row: Chris Hubbell, Jon Sigelman, Amy Henning.
Front row: Todor Gerdjikov, Neely Quinn, Kate Vaughn, Brian Lewandoski, Amanda Bohlig.

Fall 1999



Spring 1999


Top to bottom row and left to right: Todor Gerdjikov, Chris Kolstad, Matt Poelzer, Hannah Peterson, Kate Vaughn, Jon Sigelman, Chris Hubbell, Emily Crawford.

Fall 1998



Spring 1998