Morgan Lindsay CVJ an10

							                                                           Prepared 15 January 2010


                                CURRICULUM VITAE
                                 Lindsay K. Morgan

Neuroscience Graduate Group                                  Office: (215) 573-3537
University of Pennsylvania                                     Fax: (215) 898-1982
3720 Walnut St., B-51                                     LMO@mail.med.upenn.edu
Philadelphia, PA 19104

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA                       2014 (Anticipated)
Ph.D. in Neuroscience

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA                                              2008
B.S. in Biological Sciences, summa cum laude

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA                         2009-Present
Advisor: Russell Epstein, PhD                                    Graduate Student
    Investigating how visual information is used for navigation and how these
      processes are instantiated in the human brain using fMRI

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA                                   2008
Advisor: Anjan Chatterjee, MD                            Rotating Graduate Student
    Explored individual differences in the perception of causality using visual
      displays
    Investigated the neural loci of two aspects of motion processing using fMRI

Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA                          2006-2008
Advisors: Julie Mennella, PhD, Catherine Forestell, PhD         Research Technician
    Studied the role of early milk-feeding history on taste preferences in human
      infants
    Examined the effect of smoking while breastfeeding on infant sleep patterns

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA                                          2005
Advisor: Felice Elefant, PhD                                    Research Assistant
    Studied the expression of histone acetyltransferases in Drosophila

PUBLICATIONS

Mennella JA, Forestell CA, Morgan LK, and Beauchamp GK. (2009) Early milk
feeding influences taste acceptance and liking during infancy. Am J Clin Nutr, 90:
780S-788S.
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Mennella JA, Yourshaw LM, and Morgan LK. (2007) Breastfeeding and smoking:
short-term effects on infant feeding and sleep. Pediatrics, 120: 497-502.

ABSTRACTS

Morgan LK, MacEvoy SP, Aguirre GK, and Epstein RA. (2010) Adaptation for
landmark identity and landmark location on a familiar college campus. Vision
Sciences Society, Naples, Fl, May 2010.

Morgan LK, MacEvoy SP, Aguirre GK, and Epstein RA. (2009) Decoding scene
categories and landmarks from cortical response patterns. Society for Neuroscience,
Chicago, IL, October 2009.

Kranjec A, Cardillo ER, Morgan LK, and Chatterjee A. (2009) Paths, manners, and
objects. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2009.

Forestell CA, Morgan LK, Yourshaw LM, Beauchamp GK, and Mennella JA. (2007)
Early milk-feeding history influences infants’ taste preferences. Association for
Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, Fl, April 2007.

Mennella JA, Yourshaw LM, and Morgan LK. (2007) Smoking and breastfeeding.
Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Sarasota, Fl, April 2007.

HONORS AND AWARDS

      Outstanding Co-op Student Award, Drexel University, 2007
      Tri-Beta Biological Honors Society charter member, Drexel University, 2007-
       2008
      Students Tackling Advanced Research (STAR) Scholar, Drexel University,
       2005
      Presidential Scholarship, Drexel University, 2004-2008
      Delegate to American Legion Auxiliary’s New Jersey Girls State, 2003

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Society for Neuroscience, 2009-Present
Vision Sciences Society, 2009-Present