User:Msymonds1

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1. Name: Dean Symonds

2. Contact information:

  • email: MSymond1 @lion.lmu .edu
  • Loyola Marymount University, Department of Psychology, 1 LMU Dr. Los Angeles, California, 90045

3. Education

  • Major: Psychology
  • Minor: Biology
  • Expected Graduation year: 2024
  • Upper Division courses: BIOL 475 (Evolution lecture and lab)

4. Career Interests

  • Research Experience: Cognition and Human Performance lab
  • Mentor: Dr. David Hardy
  • Research Projects: COVID-19 Virus Cognitive and Motor Effects on College Students
  • Presentations: Undergraduate Research Symposium Spring 2024

5. Work Experience

  • Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP), Loyola Marymount University
    • Worked under Dr. David Hardy in his Cognition and human performance lab
    • Completed Abstract in Neuropsychology on long term cognitive and motor effects of COVID-19 and presented at the Loyola Marymount University Undergraduate Research Symposium
    • Gained experience in scoring subjects’ test results on neuropsychological tests
    • Managed data entries of tests and double-checked data in SPSS to ensure accurate data entries

May-August 2023

  • RAINS Research Assistant, Loyola Marymount University
    • Received training on testing subjects in neuropsychology including memory, attention, and motor tests
    • Scored and double scored subjects’ tests, several tests per week, each of which is about 80 pages long

August 2023 – Present

  • Camera Services Technician, Loyola Marymount University
    • Prepared Cameras for students at Loyola Marymount University including ARRI Alexa Minis and Canon C300s as well as other equipment such as Teradek wireless video transmitters and Panasonic monitors
    • Trained students on how to properly use camera equipment
    • Gained service skills from interacting with students everyday

August 2022 – Present

6. Personal Interests

  • Watching movies
  • Photography
  • Playing Music (Guitar)

7. Favorite aspect of Biology: Hands on experience in lab or in the field

8. Favorite aspect of Computer Science: unsure, never had any formal training in it

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