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Dr. MaryAnn P. Noonan, M.Sc. D.Phil. Oxon
St. John's College, St. Giles, Oxford, UK.
Department of Experimental Psychology, 15 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK.
Email: maryann.noonan@psy.ox.ac.uk Website:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~kebl3080/Welcome.html
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Nationality: British; Date of Birth: 29/08/1985
Education and Professional History
2015- Supernumerary teaching fellow, St John's College, Oxford, UK.
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, OHBA, University of Oxford, UK.
2012 Jeanne Timmins Costello Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, MNI hospital, Canada.
2010-2011 MRI Laboratory manager, Biomedical Services, University of Oxford, UK.
2010-2011 Wellcome Trust Value in People postdoctoral researcher, University of Oxford, UK.
2007-2010 D.Phil. in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Oxford, UK.
“Linking Actions to Outcomes in the Frontal Lobes”
Supervisor: Prof. Matthew Rushworth
Funding: 4 year Wellcome Trust studentship in Neuroscience
2006 M.Sc. in Neuroscience, University of Oxford, UK.
2004-2006 Research Assistant, University of York, UK. Supervisor: G. Gaskell.
2003-2004 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK. Applied Psychology research group.
2003-2006 B.Sc. Psychology (Hons) 1st Class, University of York, UK.
Awards, Honors and Grants
2017 OUSU Outstanding Tutor Award in the Medical Sciences
2015 British Academy/Leverhulme: £7830
2013 Brain Travel Grant: Society for Neuroscience Conference, San Diego. Two poster presentations and invited press conference speaker.
2012 Brain Travel Grant: Society for Neuroscience Conference, New Orleans. Invited nano-symposium speaker, “Neural Basis of Decision-Making”.
2012 Jeanne Timmins Costello Postdoctoral Fellowship.
2010 Keble Association Grant: Human Brain Mapping Conference, Barcelona. Poster Presentation.
2010 Travel Grant from the “Reward and Decision-Making in the Brain” conference, Jerusalem.
2009 Brain Travel Grant: Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago. Invited nano-symposium speaker, “Decision and Executive Function”.
2009 Keble Association Grant: Human Brain Mapping Conference, San Francisco.
2006-2010 Wellcome Trust 4 year studentship: M.Sc. in Neuroscience and D.Phil., University of Oxford.
2006 MRC Summer Studentship: MRC-Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge. Supervisors: D. Bor, & T. Manly.
2005 Departmental Summer Research Studentship: University of York. Supervisor: T. Andrews.
Teaching & Supervision Experience
2016 Supervisor of one and co-supervisor of one Experimental Psychology undergraduate project students.
2016 Co-lecturer in Psychology Advanced Options: Working Memory: The iconic beginnings to the dynamic future.
2015 Supervisor of two Experimental Psychology undergraduate project students in TMS and eyetracking experiments.
2015 Supernumerary Teaching Fellow in Psychology at St. John’s College
Prelims: Perception, Psychobiology, Cognitive Psychology
Part Is: Cognitive Neuroscience, Bhevaioural Neuroscience
Medical Sciences FHS: Paper 1 Sensorimotor integration, Paper 3, Paper 2.
2014 Tutor for Christ Church College: Prelims, Introduction to Psychology.
2013-2014 Co-supervisor of two Experimental Psychology undergraduate project students.
2013-2014 Tutor in Psychology Advanced Options: Working Memory: The iconic beginnings to the dynamic future (Dr. M. Stokes).
2013 Co-supervision of an M.Sc. in research methods project student.
2008 Tutor in Cognitive Psychology for International student, University of Oxford.
2008-2010, 2013 Teaching assistant for Graduate Program Imaging and Experimental Design, FMRIB, University of Oxford.
2007-2010 Lab demonstrator in undergraduate Neuroanatomy, University of Oxford, UK.
Invited Research Talks
International and National Meetings
2016 Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Data Blitz, New York.
2012 Society for Neuroscience, Nano-symposium, New Orleans.
2009 Society for Neuroscience, Nano-symposium, Chicago.
University Seminars and smaller workshops
2017 Neuroscience Seminar, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.
2017 Byrant Society, St John’s College, Oxford.
2016 Departmental Seminar, University of York.
2016 The Feindel Brain Imaging Lecture Series @ The Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University, Canada.
2016 Departmental Seminar, Mont Sinai, New York.
2015 MEG Meeting, FIL, University College London.
2015 Byrant Society, St John’s College, Oxford.
2012 Departmental Seminar, The Brain Imaging Centre, McGill University, Canada.
2011 Graduate Discussion, Keble College, University of Oxford.
2010 Research meeting, University of Zurich.
Selected Conference Posters (first and last author only)
Noonan MP, Bauer Y, Von Lautz A, Summerfield C & Stokes MG (2017) Distractor suppression varies with expectation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco.
Noonan MP, Bauer Y, Von Lautz A, Summerfield C & Stokes MG (2016) Differential modulation of visual responses by distractor or target predictions, MEG UK York, Cognitive Neuroscience Society New York, and Motivation and Cognitive Control Workshop St Andrews.
Noonan MP, Adamian N, Pike A, Printzlau F, Crittenden B, Stokes MG (2015) Distinct mechanisms for distractor suppression and target facilitation. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago.
Noonan MP, Mars RB, Sallet J, Dunbar RIM, Rushworth MFS & Fellows LK (2013) Structural and functional brain networks relating to social network size in humans. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego.
Stokes MG, Crittenden B, Adamian N, Noonan MP (2013) The role of sensory expectation in working memory based decision making. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego
Noonan MP, Mars RB & Rushworth MFS (2010) Distinct Roles of Three Frontal Cortical Areas in Reward-Guided Behavior. Human Brain Mapping Conference, Barcelona.
Impact and Media Interest
Noonan MP, Mars RB, Sallet J, Dunbar RBM & Fellows, LK (submitted). The structural and functional brain networks that support human social networks.
Noonan MP,* Sallet J,* Mars RB,* Neubert FX, O’Reilly JX, Anderson JL, Mitchell AS, Bell AH, Miller KL, & Rushworth MFS (2014). A neural circuit covarying with social hierarchy in macaque. Plos Biology. 12(9) e1001940.
>Oxford University press release
Sallet J,* Mars RB,* Noonan MP,* Andersson J, O’Reilly JX, Jbabdi S, Croxson PL, Miller KL, Jenkinson M & Rushworth MFS (2011). Social network size affects neural circuits in macaques. Science. 334, 697.
Outreach and Development
2017 UNIQ tutorial: Cognitive Psychology’s guide to exam revision: strategies for encoding long term memories
2017 Academic Session on Pathways Study Days: Cognitive Psychology’s guide to exam revision: strategies for encoding long term memories
2015- Early academic careers talks for career services
2015 Early academic careers talks for Springboard
2014- Post-MSc in Neuroscience career talk
Additional Skills and Information
Academic Training
University of York, B.Sc. Psychology
Advanced Modules: [1] Mind and Brain, [2] Face Perception, [3] The Language Machine: From Sentence to Meaning and [4] Practical Applications of the Psychology of Memory.
Undergraduate project: Investigation of Repetition Effects in Early MEG potentials. Prof. Andrew Yeung and Prof. Andrew Ellis.
University of Oxford, M.Sc. Neuroscience
Advanced Modules: [1] Cognitive Neuroscience, [2] Motor Systems, [3] Molecular Neuroscience, [4] CNS Development, Plasticity and Repair and [5] Animal Models and the Clinic.
Laboratory rotations [1] Regulation of RNA Interference in Neurons, Prof. Matthew Wood. [2] The Neural Basis of Spatial Extinction: a TMS/fMRI Study, Prof. Matthew Rushworth.
Reviewing and editing responsibilities
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience, Social Neuroscience, Brain, Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, Neuroimage, Neuropsychologial, Frontiers.
Grant proposals: Agence Nationale de la recherché (ANR).
Books: Neural Basis of Motivation and Cognitive Control, Eds Mars, RB., Sallet, J. Rushworth, MFS. and Yeung, N.
Conference organization
Co-organizer of the symposium 'Motivational and cognitive control', Oxford, United Kingdom, June 2-4th, 2010 (Mars, RB. Sallet, J. Rushworth, MFS. and Yeung, N.).
Administrative
Admissions and Outreach committee, St John's College, Oxford, 2016-.
Early research fellow, Admissions committee representative, St John's College, Oxford, 2016-.
Psychology Social Committee, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, 2016-.
Committee of Keble College MCR, Women’s Welfare, University of Oxford, 2007-2009.
Member of the Board of Studies committee of the Department of Psychology of the University of York, 2003-2006.
Professional memberships
Society for Neuroscience; Organization for Human Brain Mapping
IT Skills
MS Windows, Mac O.S., Linux, MS Office, Matlab, Pascal, SPSS, BASH, FSL imaging software, PsychToolbox,
Technical skills
Certified user Siemens TIM Trio (3.0 T) MRI systems at the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research and Biomedical Services Building 2008-present.
Gold standard level 2 non-human primate anesthetist.
Courses
Communicating Your Research, Hugh Kearns, 2017
Turbocharge Your Writing, Hugh Kearns, 2017
Medical Science: Teaching and Learning Skills Development Part 1, 2014
Springboard guest speaker training, 2014
Springboard, 2013
FMRIB graduate program and FSL course 2008-2009
Matlab fundamentals: MathsWorks, 2009
Researchers in Residence: RCUK and Wellcome Trust, 2008
Biomedical Services Laboratory Animal Management & Welfare Course, modules 1-4, 2007
Intellectual Property course: Isis Innovation, 2007
Communication course: Bernard Dixson (New Scientist), 2006
Statistic for Social Scientists: Oxford University, 2006
