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Brynn A. Paulsen

Boulder,CO

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Research Assistant

CIRES
02.2024 - Current


  • Quantitative data analysis
  • Qualtrics survey development and assessment
  • Work with a team of graduate research assistants and professional researchers

Graduate Research Assistant

The Banich Lab
05.2021 - Current
  • Assisted in grant revisions and IRB submissions
  • Developed and lead data collection for a novel computer task using Psychopy
  • Collected and edited a robust number of stimuli for a behavioral paradigm
  • Tested numerous methodologies in analyzing task fMRI data
  • Lead a neuroimaging study using task-based fMRI.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
08.2020 - 05.2021

Research Assistant

The Nee Lab
01.2018 - 03.2020
  • Developed novel computer-based tasks using E-prime
  • Analyzed E-data using MATLAB
  • Assisted in collection of behavioral and self-report data for both personal and lab-wide projects.

Undergraduate Researcher

The Hammock Lab
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Assessed impact of oxytocin and vasopressin in prairie vole bonding
  • Assisted in DNA sequencing
  • Used microtome for rodent brain slicing.

Undergraduate Researcher

The Plant Lab
08.2016 - 12.2016
  • Assisted in running human-subject studies assessing racial biases utilizing video recordings.

Education

Master of Arts - Cognitive Psychology

University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
08.2023

Skills

  • Research and analysis
  • Research design
  • Data collection
  • Writing up and presenting data results

Candidates

Brynn A. Paulsen, Brynn.paulsen@colorado.edu, 850-294-9655, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, PhD, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, Marie T. Banich, 05/2025, 3.95, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, BSc, Psychology, Derek Nee, Biology, 12/2017, 3.47, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL, AA, Associates in Arts, 05/2015, 3.7, Graduate Research Assistant, The Banich Lab, Boulder, Colorado, 05/2021, Present, Assisted in grant revisions and IRB submissions, Developed and lead data collection for a novel computer task using Psychopy, Collected and edited a robust number of stimuli for a behavioral paradigm, Tested numerous methodologies in analyzing task fMRI data, Lead a neuroimaging study using task-based fMRI, Research Assistant, The Nee Lab, Tallahassee, Florida, 01/2018, 03/2020, Developed novel computer-based tasks using E-prime, Analyzed E-data using MATLAB, Assisted in collection of behavioral and self-report data for both personal and lab-wide projects, Undergraduate Researcher, The Hammock Lab, Tallahassee, Florida, 01/2017, 12/2017, Assessed impact of oxytocin and vasopressin in prairie vole bonding, Assisted in DNA sequencing, Used microtome for rodent brain slicing, Undergraduate Researcher, The Plant Lab, Tallahassee, Florida, 08/2016, 12/2016, Assisted in running human-subject studies assessing racial biases utilizing video recordings, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Boulder, CO, 08/2020, 05/2021, CU Boulder’s 40th Annual Ekstrand Convention, 04/2021, CU Boulder’s 41st Annual Ekstrand Convention, 04/2022, CU Boulder’s Colloquium, 04/2023, Mindfulness Mechanisms & Methods Meeting, 10/2023, ABCD Annual Meeting, 05/2022, Cognitive Control Processes, 05/2022, Working Memory Symposium, 06/2022, Mindfulness Mechanisms & Methods Meeting, 10/2023, ABCD Annual Meeting, 11/2023, Psych & Neuro DEI committee – Graduate Student Rep, 08/2022, Present, CUSG’s Finance Board – Graduate Student Rep, 08/2022, Present, Cognitive Psychology Student Lead, 08/2023, 05/2024, Golden Key Honor’s Society, 08/2017, 12/2017, Psi Chi National Honor’s Society, 01/2017, 12/2017, Dean’s List – Tallahassee Community College, 05/2014, 05/2015, Florida Bright Future’s Academic Scholar, 08/2013, 12/2017, Marie T. Banich, PhD, Executive Director and Professor, Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, (303) 492-6655, marie.banich@colorado.edu, Derek Nee, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, (850) 644-1963, nee@psy.fsu.edu

Timeline

Graduate Research Assistant

CIRES
02.2024 - Current

Graduate Research Assistant

The Banich Lab
05.2021 - Current

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
08.2020 - 05.2021

Research Assistant

The Nee Lab
01.2018 - 03.2020

Undergraduate Researcher

The Hammock Lab
01.2017 - 12.2017

Undergraduate Researcher

The Plant Lab
08.2016 - 12.2016

Master of Arts - Cognitive Psychology

University of Colorado
Brynn A. Paulsen