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

  • Montoya SA, Mulder CB, Allison KD, Lee MS, Engel SA, Schallmo MP. What does visual snow look like? Quantification by matching a simulation. J Vis. 2024 Jun 3;24(6):3.
  • Kamath RS, Weldon KB, Moser HR, Montoya S, Abdullahi KS, Burton PC, Sponheim SR, Olman CA, Schallmo MP. Impaired contour object perception in psychosis. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Dec 16:S2451-9022(24)00378-1.
  • Montoya SA, Mulder CB, Lee MS, Schallmo MP, Engel SA. Adapting to visual noise alleviates visual snow. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 Dec 1;64(15):23.
  • Schallmo MP, Weldon KB, Kamath RS, Moser HR, Montoya SA, Killebrew KW, Demro C, Grant AN, Marjańska M, Sponheim SR, Olman CA. The psychosis human connectome project: Design and rationale for studies of visual neurophysiology. Neuroimage. 2023 May 15;272:120060.
  • Hill-Jarrett TG, Ng R, Cardenas-Iniguez C, Akinsanya J, Blanco I, Borland JM, Brown JS, Clemons T, Cushnie AK, Garcia J, George B, Hassinan CW, Hines TJ, Landayan D, McCorkle TA, Meckel KR, Metcalfe M, Montoya SA, Rose DK, Warren DR. A developmental approach to diversifying neuroscience through effective mentorship practices: perspectives on cross-identity mentorship and a critical call to action. Front Integr Neurosci. 2023 Feb 8;17:1052418.

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
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