With a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Psychology and a Master's degree in Cognitive Neuroscience in progress, I specialize in the fields of visual attention, perception, and cognition. My research is primarily focused on understanding the neural correlates of attention and perception.

I have built a solid technical foundation with a range of software and hardware tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, EEGlab, Blender, Unity, EEG systems, eye tracking systems, and virtual reality systems. I am currently teaching myself how to code using Python and familiarizing myself with Matlab.

Beyond academics, I have served as a Lab Coordinator and Research Associate in multiple labs at Queen's University. As a mentor, I have guided numerous research assistants over the years. My teaching experience includes serving as a Teaching Assistant for “Introduction to Cognition”.

I am actively involved in several professional affiliations including the Psychonomic Society, Vision Sciences Society, and Women in Cognitive Science- Canada. I have attended and contributed to several conferences such as the Vision Sciences Society Conference, Annual Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment, and more to come.

Through my work, I aspire to further the understanding of cognition in real-world scenarios.

Education

2022-2024: Master of Science, Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

2016-2020: Bachelor of Science, Specialization in Biology and Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Work Experience

2019-Current: Research Associate, Conservation Lab, Queen’s University

2020-2022: Lab Coordinator and Research Associate, Queen's Visual Cognition Lab, Queen’s University

2018-2018: Research Associate, Attention Lab, Queen’s University

Leadership and Extracurriculars

2023-Present: Social Media Coordinator, Women in Neuro (WiN), Queen’s University

  • Manage our online presence, create engaging content, and implement socialmedia strategies. Currently planning the first Women in NeuroConference, set for March 23rd, 2024

2023-Present: Webmaster, Association of Graduate Students Psychology (AGSIP), Queen’s University

  • Maintain and optimize our website, ensuring it remains up-to-date anduser-friendly

Technical Experience

Software: Experiment Builder, Inquisit, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, EEGlab, Blender, Unity , E-Prime

Hardware: EEG system (EGI), eye tracking system (Eyelink), virtual reality system (HTC Vive)

Programming Languages: Python, Matlab, HTML

Conferences and Attendance

2023- Psychonomics 64th Annual Meeting, Poster

  • Title: Investigating the Impact of Spatial Certainty and Target Features on Visual Search

    Authors: Hannah Lum Smith, Karolina Krzyś, Laura Sikun Li, Carrick C. Williams & Monica S. Castelhano, Queen’s University, California State University, San Marcos

2023- Vision Sciences Society, Talk

  • Title: Expectations Versus Reality: The Effect of Semantic Knowledge on Statistical Learning

    Authors: Laura Sikun Li, Hannah Lum Smith, Karolina Krzyś, Carrick C. Williams, & Monica S. Castelhano, Queen’s University, California State University, San Marcos

2023- Annual Lake Ontario Visionary Establishment (L.O.V.E), Poster

  • Expectations Versus Reality: The Effect of Semantic Knowledge on Statistical Learning

    Authors: Laura Sikun Li, Hannah Lum Smith, Karolina Krzyś, Carrick C. Williams, & Monica S. Castelhano, Queen’s University, California State University, San Marcos

2022- Object Perception, visual Attention, & visual Memory (OPAM), Attendee

2022- Psychonomics 63rd Annual Meeting, Attendee