Resume

Currently

2021 - present University of Rochester, New York
Doctor of Philosophy, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
PIs: Dr. Dora Biro, Dr. Jude Mithcell

Education

2018 - 2021 Indian Institue of Technology, Kanpur, India
Master of Science (by Research), Cognitive Science

2015 - 2018 Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
Bachelor of Science, Physics

Awards

2024-25 Donald M. and Janet C. Barnard Fellow
Awarded by the School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering at the University of Rochester, in recognition of achievements in mentoring, outreach and service, as well as in research.

2023 Best Research Talk
Gradute Research Day, University of Rochester
Experimental Emergence of Conventions

2016-17 First Place in Univesity Examinations
Dept. of Physics, Amrita University

2015-16 First Place in Univesity Examinations
Dept. of Physics, Amrita University

Presentations

May 2024 - Poster 24th Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society
Oviya Mohan , Amy Bucklaew, Dora Biro, and Jude F. Mitchell
Free-viewing of static natural images and movies in marmoset monkeys

April 2024 - Talk 31st International Conference on Comparative Cognition
Experimental Emergence of Conventions

Spring 2024 - Poster Graduate Research Symposium, University of Rochester
Oviya Mohan and Dora Biro
Experimental Emergence of Conventions

Fall 2023 - Talk Gradute Research Day, University of Rochester
Experimental Emergence of Conventions

Summer 2023 - Poster Gordon Research Conference - Collective Behavior
Oviya Mohan and Dora Biro
Experimental Emergence of Conventions in Human Dyads

Summer 2023 - Poster University of Rochester Undergraduate Research Exposition
Janejira Chapoomee, Oviya Mohan , Dora Biro, and Jude Mitchell
Application and Evaluation of DeepLabCut Multi-Animal Network

Summer 2022 - Poster University of Rochester Undergraduate Research Exposition
Helena Xiong, Oviya Mohan , Luke Shaw, Dora Biro, and Jude Mitchell
Evaluation of DeepLabCut multi-animal labeling in novel social foraging paradigm

Fall 2019 - Poster 6th Annual Conference on Cognitive Sciences - BITS, Goa
Oviya Mohan , Divita Singh, and Harish C Karnick
Newly Learned Social Associations Disrupt Target Search

Teaching

Fall 2023 Teaching Assistant - Animal Minds (Dr. Dora Biro)
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

Spring 2023 Organizer (student-led course) - Advanced Methods for Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

Fall 2022 Organizer (student-led course) - Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester
Teaching Assistant - Animal Minds (Dr. Dora Biro)
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

Fall 2020 Remedial tutor - Basic Statistics, Data Analysis and Inference
Dept. of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Spring 2020 Teaching Assistant - Logic and Cognitive Science (Dr. Mohua Banerjee)
Dept. of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Mentorship - Undergraduate Mentees

2023-present Janejira Chapoomee, Neuroscience (Meliora Fellowship)
2023-present Enana Jacobs, Neuroscience
2023-present Kiet Nguyen, Computer Science
Summer 2023 Skye Crocker, Data Science
2022-2023 Federico Sanchez, Biology
2022-2023 Helena Xiong, Neuroscience (Wiesman Scholarship)

Employment History

2021 Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Developing a GUI of PHMR (Pipeline Health Monitoring Robot) for GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd.)

2018-2019 Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Investigating role of object’s self-relevance in attentional guidance through psychophysics

Certifications

2023 Deep Learning - Machine Vision, Neuromatch Academy

Positions

2022-present Graduate Student Representative, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester

Committes: Graduate Program Overhaul, DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity), Faculty Search, Graduate Student Association

2022-2023 Graduate Ambassador, Graduate Education and Postdoctoral affairs, University of Rochester

2019-2020 Hall Executive Committee, Indian Institue of Technology, Kanpur, India

2018 Technical Head, Department of Sciences, Anokha - Amrtia University Tech Fest, India

2016-2018 Founder and Core Member, Association of Sciences, Amrtia Universtity, India

Outreach

2023 - present Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity (DEI) Committee, Member (Outreach)

2022 Brain Awareness Campaign, Volunteer
Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer

2020-2021 eVidyaloka, Content Creator

2016-2017 National Service Scheme, Unit Secretary

2016-2017 National Service Scheme, Volunteer