Curriculum Vitae for Palomares, PhD, Melanie

Biographical Profile Interest Background Facilities Professional Preparation Memberships & Professional Activities Positions & Appointments Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

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Palomares, PhD, Melanie

Senior Instructor

Visual perception and attentional selection, perceptual organization, subitizing, letter recognition, visual development in typically-and atypically-developing children, visual-evoked potentials (VEPs)

Biographical Profile

College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Tenure Status
Non-Tenure Track

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
Undergraduates and Graduates
Interest Keywords
visuospatial development, spatial cognition, typical and atypical development, visual evoked potential
Institutional Focus Areas
Biomedical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences
Personal Focus Areas
Visual Psychophysics, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
2006 - 2009 The Smith-Kettlewell Institute San Francisco, California Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2007 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland PhD Psychological and Brain Sciences
2000 - 2006 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
2002 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland MA Psychological And Brain Sciences
1996 - 2000 New York University New York, New York Post-Baccalaureate
1998 New York University New York, New York BS Neural Science

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
1998 - 2000 Membership Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2001 Membership Vision Sciences Society
2002 - 2003 Membership Cognitive Neuroscience Society
2007 Membership Cognitive Neuroscience Society
2008 Membership Society for Neuroscience
2010 Membership Society for Research on Child Development
2010 Membership Psychonomics Society: Associate Member

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
1998 - 1999 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology New York University
2001 - 2003 Instructor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Johns Hopkins University
2003 - 2005 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Johns Hopkins University
2009 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina
2010 - 2011 Instructor, Department of Psychology University of South Carolina
2005 Instructor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Johns Hopkins University
2000 Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Johns Hopkins University

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
2001 Award National Eye Institute Institutional Predoctoral National Research Service Award National Eye Institute
2004 Award National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
2006 Award National Eye Institute Individual Postdoctoral National Research Service Award National Eye Institute
2010 Award University of South Carolina Promising Investigator Research Award University of South Carolina
2010 Award National Eye Institute Conference Grant National Eye Institute
2010 Award University of South Carolina Research Consortium on Child and Family Grant University of South Carolina
2011 Award University of South Carolina Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Nominee University of South Carolina
Award Brien J. Keys Graduate Research Award
Award Dean's Intersession Teaching Award
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Facilities

Laboratory
Yes. Access to EEG, MRI and computer testing rooms.
Animal
No.
Clinical
No.
Other
No.
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