About us
At the NeuroPolicy Lab, we combine science, engineering, and economics to better understand human behavior and improve public policies. Meet our passionate team of researchers and learn about their work.
Principal Investigator
Omar David Perez
Omar David Perez
Bastian Henriquez is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Universidad de Chile. He studied Civil Engineering at Universidad de La Frontera, specializing in transport engineering, and later obtained a PhD in Engineering Systems from the Universidad de Chile. His research focuses on how the intersection of econometrics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience can deepen our understanding of people’s travel behavior. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, reading (not always academic papers), and drawing
Current members
Sebastian Muñoz
Sebastián Muñoz is a B.Sc. in Engineering from the Universidad de Chile. His work focuses on the role of attention in consumer decision-making using eye-tracking and computational models of behavior. He will be starting his Master’s studies in Operations Research at the Universidad de Chile in 2025, extending his current work. Sebastián is also a streamer whose identity is hidden behind a GIF character he himself designed.