Dr. Nicole Logan (she/her) | Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Core Faculty, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program
Ryan Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
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Nicole is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (INP), and in the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at URI. She completed her Ph.D. in Psychology at Northeastern University, in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health. Before that, she received her M.S. in Psychology, and a B.S. double-majoring in Psychology & Exercise Sciences, at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. Nicole’s research investigates the effects of health factors such as physical activity, fitness, and adiposity, on mental health, cognition, and brain structure and function throughout the lifespan. Outside the lab, she can be found coaching water polo, watching basketball, attending group fitness classes, running, and enjoying the outdoors.
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Penny Spack
- Angela Marses
- Francesca Spindle
- Paige Collins
- Maya Fraenza
- Olivia Devine
- Daniel Flores (2025 CELS Kirby Summer Fellowship)
Lab Alumni
- Summer Research Fellows:
- Victoria Fisher, ANSEP Summer Research Fellow, 2024
- Masters:
- Janis Gaudreau, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, 2024
- Erynn Field, Kinesiology, 2024
- Julia Wolf, Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023
- Undergraduates:
- Cayla Cajilig, Kinesiology, 2025
- Kelly McCormick, Biological Sciences, 2025
- Maureen Sweeney, Clinical Neuroscience, 2025
- Charlotte Imperio, Clinical Neuroscience, 2025
- Elexis Grela, Clinical Neuroscience, 2025
- Alexa Calderon, Molecular Neuroscience & Biological Sciences, 2025
- Jenna Riley, Kinesiology, 2025
- Peyton Cahill, Clinical Neuroscience, 2025
- Jillian Pencinger, Kinesiology, 2024
- Abbie Smith, Clinical Neuroscience, 2024
- Grace Heppes, Clinical Neuroscience, 2024
- Erynn Field, Kinesiology, 2023