Aaron Jones

Aaron Jones  grew up in Houston, though he's been in New Mexico for a long time (he considers himself a native New Mexican) and earned his BA in Psychology from The University of New Mexico. After graduating, he ran two units at a residential psychiatric treatment center for mentally ill youth. He then went on to get his Special Education Teaching License, and taught at a charter school catering to those same youth he had mentored as a behavioral health professional. He was preparing for lecture one day, when he saw Dr. Clark's TED talk on non-invasive brain stimulation and its promise to accelerate learning and treat brain disorders, so he decided to get his PhD studying how to improve brain function using non-invasive electrical methods, like transcranial direct and alternating current stimulation (tDCS/tACS).

Aaron has a particular interest in neuroimaging (EEG, MEG, fMRI), cognitive enhancement using non-invasive brain stimulation, learning and memory, sleep and sleep-dependent memory consolidation, physiological predictors of cognitive state, and wants to help people evaluate situations and make better and faster decisions.  

When Aaron is not in the lab, he takes long walks with his dogs, Anansi ("Z") and Felix. He also enjoys camping, hiking, and other outdoorsy things.

Education:   BA in Psychology from The University of New Mexico