Krista Kezbers
Krista Kezbers is completing a Ph.D. in Health and Human Performance at Oklahoma State University. She is researching health behaviors and physical activity of coaches and looking at effectiveness of sport psychology and neurocognitive training on athletic performance. Krista is competing in the 2015 World Championships for USA Triathlon in Aquathlon and was selected to help coach at the 2014 USA Swimming Central Zone Select Camp.
Gabi Whitmer
Gabi Whitmer graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Denver. After playing 4 years of college basketball, Gabi was inspired to work with highly motivated athletes, teams, and coaches. She is currently pursuing a Master's in Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Denver. Gabi coaches club-level basketball and does mental skills training for athletes at the youth, high school, and collegiate level.
Tommy McHugh
Tommy McHugh is a web and mobile developer consultant and a 2014 Google I/O Academic partner. Tommy has worked on projects and products related to music, health and sports. He is an avid developer of open source technologies and the creator of Dart Android Runtime which enable developers to build Android apps in the Dart programming language.
Jason Schuck
Jason has over ten years experience as a Visual Designer and Video Editor in sports and entertainment broadcasting, most recently with Kwokman Productions where he does live production of college and professional sports for ESPN. He has been the creative lead on projects in the United States and internationally.
Lauren Ruhl
Lauren Ruhl - is interning with NeuroSlam. She graduated with an M.A. in Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Denver, where she coaches girl's club basketball teams. A former College level player herself, Lauren focuses on psychophysiology training, particularly the use of biofeedback and neurofeedback with athletes, helping them reach their optimal performance.
Interns
Trevor Docter
Trevor Docter is NeuroSlam's intern research analyst, is currently a pre-med student at Columbia University, New York and is a member of the Columbia Lightweight rowing team. In 2013 he won the US Rowing Youth National Championship in the lightweight 8+. Trevor has personally engaged in extensive neuro-feedback training with positive results and will share the fruits of that experience to improve an athlete's cognitive performance.
Jeremy Morgan
Jeremy Morgan is a Senior at Berkeley High School and rising Freshman at Duke University. He is passionate about computer science, robotics, the internet of things, embedded micro controllers, and everything in between. Having suffered several concussions while playing soccer and football, Jeremy is excited to work with the Neuroslam team in order to assist coaches in diagnosing concussions and helping athletes play sports more safely.
Hannah Feiner
Hannah Feiner is a fourth-year student at the University of California, Davis double majoring in Cognitive Science and Spanish. She is particularly interested in neural plasticity as it relates to the cognitive effects of traumatic brain injury, such as concussion, and the process of developing new skills on and off the field. She is thrilled to contribute to NeuroSlam’s innovative and interdisciplinary approach to understanding cognition and the brain.