
Samantha Montoya
Entering Class - 2019
E-MAIL: [email protected]
PhD: 2024
PhD Thesis
Symptomology and Mechanisms of Visual Snow Syndrome.
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Institution and Major:
Kenyon College, B.A. in Neuroscience, 2019
Graduate Advisor:
Michael-Paul Schallmo, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
Stephen Engel, Ph.D., Department of Psychology
Graduate Publications
- J Vis. 2024 Jun 3;24(6):3. What does visual snow look like? Quantification by matching a simulation.
- ol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Dec 16:S2451-9022(24)00378-1. paired contour object perception in psychosis. Bi
- Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 Dec 1;64(15):23.
- Neuroimage. 2023 May 15;272:120060. The psychosis human connectome project: Design and rationale for studies of visual neurophysiology.
- Front Integr Neurosci. 2023 Feb 8;17:1052418. A developmental approach to diversifying neuroscience through effective mentorship practices: perspectives on cross-identity mentorship and a critical call to action.
Presentations
Oral Presentations
- Montoya SA. Multi-voxel pattern analysis of center-surround processing in psychosis. Colloquium, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Univ. of MN, 2021
- Montoya SA. Optimizing date visualizations for low vision: Alternative to color mapping. Oster Lifelong Learning Institute, 2021
Posters
Montoya SA, Moser HR, Sponheim SR, Engel SA, Schallmo, M-P. Multi-voxel pattern analysis of center-surround processing in psychosis. Journal of Vision 2021;21(9):1997. Vision Sciences Society Meeting (virtual).
Graduate Awards:
- Spring Research Day Presentations Judge’s Choice Award, 2023
- Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (F31EY034016)—National Eye Institute, NIH, 2022
- National Eye Institute Early Career Scientist Travel Grant, 2022
- Graduate Training Program in Sensory Science (DGE- 1734815)—NSF, 2021-2022
- Diversifying the Community of Neuroscience Fellow—NINDS, University of Minnesota, 2021-present
- FoVea Travel and Networking Award 2021
- Diversifying the Community of Neuroscience Award 2021
- NRT NSF Training Grant, CATSS 2021-present
- Vision Training Grant NIHT32EY025187, National Eye Institute 2020-2021
- Dean's Distinguished Graduate Fellowship 2019-2020