PhD Students

Neurodegenerative diseases, brain-computer interfaces, machine-learning

Dr. Samuel Neff is an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology at George Mason University.

Samuel completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Idaho in 2015, his Master of Science in Psychology, with an emphasis in Human Factors, at the University of Idaho in 2018, and his Ph.D. in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience from George Mason University in 2025. 

While completing his M.S. degree, he was heavily involved in the Palouse Injury Research lab, studying pedestrian safety and perceived behavioral control in simulated environments.  After completion of his M.S. degree, he worked as a federal contractor primarily focused on designing, implementing and validating user interfaces.  While completing his Ph.D., his work focused on animal models of neurodegenerative disease, and using machine learning methodologies to extract novel insights from behavioral analyses.