Alexanndra Angebrandt

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Biography

Alexanndra (Allie) Angebrandt earned her B.S. in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego, in 2019. She completed a postbaccalaureate fellowship at the National Institute on Drug Abuse in 2021 before joining the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There, she earned her master’s degree in Cognitive Neuroscience. In 2025, she joined the University of Notre Dame to continue her doctoral studies under the mentorship of Dr. Aron Barbey.

Currently a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, Allie’s research examines how brain network organization influences individual differences in executive functions. She employs structural and functional brain network analyses, drawing on principles from graph theory and control theory, to investigate the systems that support higher cognitive functions and learning. Her work also explores methods to enhance cognitive performance through a proactive and personalized approach to intervention.