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 program at Virginia Tech in 2006. In 2012, she received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, 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)Â (PSYCH 470)
Graduate Seminar in Physiological Psychology (PSYCH 951)
Twitter: @DrDiehl_Neuro
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Jordan Willbrant
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jordan joined the lab in September 2024
Dylan Mader
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dylan  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
Lexe West
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Halle Ness
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Cassandra Kramer
Research Assistant
Ivy Auletti
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Capri Hellwig
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Maya Anchondo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Lizzie Vetter
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Constanza Blasco Sosa
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Taylor Bachtel
Student Research Assistant
Charlotte Kettler
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Mario Caycedo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Allison Drouhard
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jyothi Kalarikkal
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Emma Wrampe
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Greg Erickson
Graduate Student
Allison Moser
High school Research Assistant
Ashi Wickramasundara
High school Research Assistant
Alyssa Scott
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Kelly Krehbiel
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jenna Thompson
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Tessa Maze
Research Assistant
Katie Rodriguez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Sarah Martin
Research Assistant
Felipe Deihle
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jonathan Andrusak
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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.