Luke Pezanko

luke.pezanko@utdallas.edu
Advisor: Michael Rugg
Fall 2023

Luke received his BA degree in psychology from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, and MA degree at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth in experimental psychology. He then explored different areas of research in Boston, MA studying sleep at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in their affiliated Harvard Medical Chronobiology Program (MCP). Thereafter, he found a passion studying Alzheimer’s Disease in the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Luke then began his doctoral journey at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) studying brain oscillations and memory. Thereafter, he transferred to the UT Dallas Cognition and Neuroscience PhD program where his primary interests are brain functional connectivity, aging, and recognition memory. In his free time Luke loves taking his dog Bruce to the park, exercising (almost too much), reading and especially maintaining a healthy work-life balance.