People
Maria M. Diehl, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Maria received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology from Emory University in 2004 and completed a postbaccalaureate research education program at Virginia Tech (VT-PREP) in 2006. In 2012, she received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, where she studied audiovisual integration of faces and vocalizations in the primate prefrontal cortex in the laboratory of Dr. Lizabeth M. Romanski. Maria completed her postdoctoral training in Dr. Gregory Quirk's lab at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, where she studied the neural circuits of active avoidance in rats. The Diehl Lab opened its doors in August 2019 in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kansas State University.
Email: mmdiehl at ksu dot edu / CV
Courses:
Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (formerly Brain and Behavior) (PSYCH 370)
Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory (PSYCH 670) - coming soon!
Principles of Learning (PSYCH 475)
Principles of Neuroscience (formerly Psychobiology) (PSYCH 470)
Graduate Seminar in Physiological Psychology (PSYCH 951)
Twitter: @DrDiehl_Neuro
Kartik Yadav
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kartik joined the lab in January 2025
Helen Durrett
High School Student
Helen joined the lab in January 2025
Ethan Summervill
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ethan joined the lab in October 2024
Troy Fort
Research Assistant
Troy joined the lab in September 2024
Ashley Landau
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ashley joined the lab in August 2024
Penylopi Zabzdyr
Graduate Student
Penni joined the lab in June 2024
Annabelle Hall
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Belle joined the lab in May 2024
Shannon Ruble
Graduate Student
Shannon joined the lab in July 2022
Former Lab members
Undergraduates
Lexe West
Halle Ness
Jordan Willbrant
Dylan Mader
Ivy Auletti
Capri Hellwig
Maya Anchondo
Lizzie Vetter
Taylor Bachtel
Constanza Blasco Sosa
Charlotte Kettler
Mario Caycedo
Allison Drouhard
Jyothi Kalarikkal
Emma Wrampe
Alyssa Scott
Kelly Krehbiel
Jenna Thompson
Katie Rodriguez
Felipe Deihle
Jonathan Andrusak
Research Assistants
Cassandra Kramer
Sarah Martin
Tessa Maze
High School Students
Allison Moser
Ashi Wickramasundara
Graduate Students
Greg Erickson
The Diehl lab is hiring!
We are looking for talented undergraduate and graduate students to join the lab! Contact Dr. Diehl with your CV and interest in the lab at mmdiehl at ksu dot edu.