Meet the team
Lab Director
Luke Rosedahl, PhD
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering; I-SENSE Fellow
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Email: lrosedahl@fau.edu
Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering; I-SENSE Fellow
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Email: lrosedahl@fau.edu
Research Staff
Isabella Cabaleiro, MS.
Research Specialist
Bio: Isabella Cabaleiro holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Florida State University. She has experience providing counseling to diverse clinical populations and supporting individuals with a wide range of mental health conditions. Isabella also has extensive experience in research coordination through her work with the WISDOM Study, a national breast-screening trial based out of UCSF. Her research interests include cognitive and affective neuroscience, clinical research methods, and the intersection of mental health, creativity, and brain science.
Research Specialist
Bio: Isabella Cabaleiro holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Florida State University. She has experience providing counseling to diverse clinical populations and supporting individuals with a wide range of mental health conditions. Isabella also has extensive experience in research coordination through her work with the WISDOM Study, a national breast-screening trial based out of UCSF. Her research interests include cognitive and affective neuroscience, clinical research methods, and the intersection of mental health, creativity, and brain science.
Graduate Students
Omar Rodriguez
Neuroscience Graduate Program PhD Student
Bio: Omar is a doctoral student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at FAU. In the NGP, he is actively exploring his research interests into the mechanisms of the brain in typical and disordered contexts, such as traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases, while considering practical solutions for the latter.
Neuroscience Graduate Program PhD Student
Bio: Omar is a doctoral student in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at FAU. In the NGP, he is actively exploring his research interests into the mechanisms of the brain in typical and disordered contexts, such as traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases, while considering practical solutions for the latter.
Previously, he earned a bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. There, he was introduced to research through a clinical project that assessed the effects of live musical performances as an alternative therapy for depression and agitation in older adults with dementia. After graduation, he became the lab manager for Dr. Tracy Centanni’s GAPP Lab at the University of Florida, supporting projects involving neuroimaging (EEG) and interventions for communication disorders. A central part of this role involved collecting high-density EEG data on the perception and expectation of musical rhythms and tones, aiming to explore the shared neural resources involved in processing both reading and music.
Outside of the lab, you can find Omar watching sports, at a record store, trying new coffee shops, and spending time with his favorite people and dog, Grace.
Ania Melgar
Biomedical Engineering Masters Student
Bio: Ania earned her Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She is now pursuing her Master's in Biomedical Engineering at FAU on the thesis track, working under the guidance of Dr. Luke Rosedahl. Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying memory encoding in the hippocampus.
Biomedical Engineering Masters Student
Bio: Ania earned her Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arkansas. She is now pursuing her Master's in Biomedical Engineering at FAU on the thesis track, working under the guidance of Dr. Luke Rosedahl. Her research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying memory encoding in the hippocampus.
Ania's broader interests lie at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, particularly in cognitive neuroscience and neurodegenerative disease research. Outside the lab, she enjoys reading, trying new coffee, and spending time with her golden retriever, Maya.
Lab Members
The DyCoN lab is currently undergraduate researchers, graduate students, and postdocs. If you are interested in joining, please email the PI at lrosedahl@fau.edu.