Director
Cory Inman, PhD., Director, Assistant Professor
Cory Inman is the director of the Immersive Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging Laboratory
in the Psychology department at the University of Utah. He received his BA in Psychology
from Georgia State University and his PhD from Emory University. He completed his
first postdoctoral fellowship in the Neurosurgery department at Emory University and
a second postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA. He has broad interests in helping to establish
approaches that push our understanding of emotion and memory from the laboratory into
the wild, real world. Outside of the lab he spends his time playing guitar, playing
basketball, and exploring as many outdoor adventures as possible including white water
rafting, snowboarding, hiking, and climbing.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Krista Wahlstrom
Krista Wahlstrom is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the INMAN laboratory at The
University of Utah. She received a BA in Biology and Psychology from Luther College
in Decorah, Iowa and a PhD in Psychology from The University of Iowa. In her doctoral
research, she studied the amygdala’s role in modulating memory consolidation. More
specifically, she used optogenetics to examine the role of various amygdala projections
in the consolidation of hippocampal-dependent vs. striatum-dependent learning in rats.
In her current postdoctoral work, Krista is interested in how the amygdala modulates
memory consolidation in the human brain and the mechanisms by which electrical stimulation
of the amygdala differentially enhances memory for objects and scenes. Outside of
the lab, Krista loves to go hiking, play the piano, scuba dive, play soccer, and sing
in a local community choir.
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Justin Michael Campbell
Justin Michael Campbell is an MD-PhD student at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
He received a BS in Philosophy and a BS in Psychology from Utah State University.
Prior to medical school, Justin worked at the Center for Consciousness Science at
the University of Michigan Medical School. While there, he used tools like fMRI and
deep learning to determine whether comatose patients were covertly conscious. Justin
is currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Utah and plans to
investigate how neuromodulation changes the dynamics and connectivity of the brain.
When not in the lab, Justin loves to go mountain biking, rock climbing, backcountry
skiing, and hiking in the mountains with his German Shepherd.
Martina Krisztina Hollearn
Martina Krisztina Hollearn is a first-year PhD student in the INMAN lab. She was born
and raised in Hungary, then moved to the California and got her BA in Psychology from
California State University, Long Beach. After graduating, she was a junior research
specialist in the Translational Neuroscience Laboratory at University of California,
Irvine lead by Dr. Michael Yassa. There she was a project coordinator and was involved
with several studies involving neuropsychological, PET, and MRI methods. Some projects
she worked about memory, aging, and Alzheimer’s Disease, Down Syndrome, and resiliency
in adults over 90 years old. In graduate school, Martina is interested in investigating
how amygdala stimulation enhances memory precision and how long does this effect lasts.
Additionally, she is involved in real-world navigation project with drug-resistant
epilepsy patients with implanted RNS systems that, in part, aims at investigating
the neurophysiological signatures of event boundaries. Outside of the lab, Martina
engages in painting, DJing, learning piano, hiking, skiing, reading fiction thrillers
to her cat, and experimenting with new recipes. As a multilingual person, one of Martina’s
passions is to be an efficient science translator between Hungarian and English and
polishing her skills in Spanish and German.
Emily Woolsey
Emily Woolsey is a fourth-year undergraduate student with plans to continue her education
in medical school. She is currently working towards a degree in psychology with a
minor in chemistry. During her schooling she has worked with the University of Utah’s
Pediatric Neurology department helping with research on inherited neuromuscular disorders.
These studies primarily consist of observational studies to determine disease progression
as well as drug studies looking to make treatments like gene therapy widely available.
Emily is also working as an EMT with Unified fire authority to further her understanding
of patient interactions. While not in lab Emily likes to be outdoors rock climbing,
sailing, and scuba diving. She also enjoys designing and sewing clothes.
Wyatt Wilson
Wyatt Wilson is an undergraduate research assistant at the University of Utah. He
is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree of Science in Biology and Psychology, with
an Honors distinction in Psychology. This is his first lab experience, and he is very
excited to get in the lab and contribute to the super interesting research being done
here. His research interests mainly revolve around memory and neural interventions
to enhance declarative memory, as well as how the brain itself is impacted by electrical
stimulation. He currently works at the University of Utah Rehabilitation hospital
with patients that have suffered from traumatic brain injuries and strokes and hopes
to continue his work through medical school. When not in the lab, Wyatt loves to be
outdoors, whether that be skiing or hammocking. He also enjoys reading and watching
movies whenever he can.
Carson Miller
Carson Miller is an undergraduate student at the University of Utah and a research
assistant in the INMAN lab. He is currently in his fourth year of a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Psychology and Mathematics with an emphasis in Statistics, accompanied by
a minor in both Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry. In his previous lab, Carson
researched the underlying mechanisms of Peyronie’s Disease with the goal of developing
more targeted, effective treatment therapies. Specifically, he examined the effects
of the NELL-1 growth factor on fibrotic tissue deposition by studying mice deficient
in NELL-1. Carson plans to continue his education and research experience in graduate
school, with hopes of becoming a Psychology research professor. Outside of the lab,
Carson loves to paint, draw, hike, attend museums, read books, and participate in
a local chalk art festival every summer.