My name is Catrina Hacker and I am a postdoc at the University of Chicago. I am a basic researcher who aims to bridge insights across animal species from basic neuroscience toward translational applications, an approach I refer to as "basic translational neuroscience". My research lies at the intersection of computational, cognitive, and systems neuroscience and brings together approaches from population coding and neural networks to understand the neural processes that support our remarkable capacity for visual memory.

I received my PhD from the University of Pennsylvania where my thesis examined the neural correlates of visual recognition memory and how they can be used to bridge observations across species.

You can learn more about past and present research projects by visiting the research page or find a list of publications on my CV.

I am also passionate about science communication and enjoy writing about neuroscience for general and scientific audiences. Visit the writing page to read my recent pieces.

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