User:Msymonds1

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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