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
  1. Education
  • Major: Psychology
  • Minor: Biology
  • Expected Graduation year: 2024
  • Upper Division courses: BIOL 475 (Evolution lecture and lab)
  1. 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
  1. 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
  1. Personal Interests
  • Watching movies
  • Photography
  • Playing Music (Guitar)
  1. Favorite aspect of Biology: Hands on experience in lab or in the field
  2. Favorite aspect of Computer Science: unsure, never had any formal training in it

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