Dr. Anthony Dick, Laboratory Director
Email: adick@fiu.edu
Phone: 305-348-4202
Office: AHC4 454; DCN Lab: DM 248
Dr. Dick is Professor of Developmental Science and Cognitive Neuroscience. He received baccalaureate degrees in Music and Psychology from The Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia. Following his Ph.D., he received additional training as a NIDCD NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Neurology at The University of Chicago. He researches brain development, with particular emphasis on language and executive function. Dr. Dick has been funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct his research.
Left to Right: Andrea Bejarano, Armando Torres, Alexandra Lutz, Hector Borges, Carolina Vias, Dr. Anthony Dick, Dea Garic & Sophia Lehrman
Current Graduate Students
Mohammadreza Bayat (mbayat@fiu.edu)
3rd year Cognitive Neuroscience Grad Student
Research interests: Multi-modal cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging using diffusion-weighted and functional MRI
Fun fact: I have two names, Masood and Mohammadreza, and speak three languages fluently.
Marilyn Curtis (mcurtis@fiu.edu)
2nd Year Cognitive Neuroscience Graduate Student
Research interests: Diffusion-weighted imaging/Neurobiology of speech and language networks in the developing brain.
Fun fact: In my free time, I love to craft! I crochet, quilt, cross stitch, embroider, and sew.
Undergraduate/Post-Bac Research Assistants
Nathalie Garcia
Education: Junior at Florida International University majoring in Psychology & Natural Applied Sciences
Research interests: Clinical Neuroscience
Fun fact: I’m from Venezuela and I love food.
Wilfredo Renderos
Amanda Ramos
Anthony Sanchez
Education: Florida International University majoring in Psychology & Interdisciplinary Studies, and minoring in Chemistry
Research interests: Clinical/Cognitive Neuroscience particularly neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative disorders.
Fun fact: As a hobby I organize a monthly coastal cleanup for an environmental group I founded called Waterways For The Future.
Graduate Student Alumni
Alexandra Lutz, M.S. is a former graduate student in Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research focused on the development of executive function and fiber pathways supporting that development in young children.
Carolina Vias, Ph.D. is a former graduate student in Cognitive Neuroscience. She obtained her B.A. and doctoral degree from Florida International University. She focused her research on studying the cerebellum and language development following pre- or perinatal stroke using functional and structural MRI.
Dea Garic, Ph.D. is a former graduate student in Developmental Science. She focused her research on neurobiological development of executive function using diffusion-weighted imaging. Specifically, the microstructural properties of frontal lobe regions and how they may predict children’s development of attention and inhibition. She received her Bachelors degree from the University of Florida, and her Masters degree from Florida Atlantic University. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Iris Broce, Ph.D. is a former graduate student in Developmental Science. She studied the development of speech and literacy in typical young children using functional and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She received her undergraduate degree from San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at University of California at San Francisco. She is currently faculty at University of California at San Diego.
Research Student Alumni Highlights
Dustin Moraczewski – Graduated 2013. Received PhD in 2019 from University of Maryland.
Jairo Munoz – Graduated 2017 with a biology degree
Jefferson Salan – Graduated 2017 with a psychology degree
Sophia Tchir – Graduated 2017 with a biology degree
Heidy Zetina – Graduated 2017 with a psychology degree
Armando Torres – Graduated 2019 with a psychology degree.
Hector Borges – Graduated 2020 with a degree in biological sciences
Nisha Brijmohan – Graduated 2020 with a psychology degree
Rina Badran – Graduated 2021 with a biology degree
Anthony Sanchez- Graduated in 2021
Andrea Bejarano – Graduated in 2022