The Team

Members

At the NeuroPolicy Lab, we combine insights from different disciplines to better understand human behavior and improve public policies. Meet our team of researchers and learn about their work.

Omar David Perez
Assistant Professor · DII & ISCI

Omar David Perez

Economist with a PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge and postdoctoral work at Caltech on the neuroeconomics of habits. Studies consumer and traveler behavior using eye-tracking, EEG, and computational modeling.

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Bastian Henriquez-Jara
Assistant Professor · Civil Engineering

Bastian Henriquez-Jara

Civil Engineer from Universidad de La Frontera. PhD in Engineering Systems from Universidad de Chile. Researches how econometrics, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience together deepen our understanding of people’s travel behavior.

Jose Arenas
Postdoctoral Researcher

Jose Arenas

PhD in Engineering Systems, DII — Universidad de Chile. Studies the behavioral finance of credit cards and the data analysis of behavioral experiments; former visiting researcher at Chicago Booth.

Sebastián Muñoz
Sebastián Muñoz
Attention in consumer decisions via eye-tracking
Gonzalo Díaz
Gonzalo Díaz
Modeling fare-evasion behavior in public transport
Renato Muñoz
Renato Muñoz
Transportation behavior modeling for public policy
Daniela Banda
Daniela Banda
Psychology of fare evasion; behavioral experiments
Matías Bravo
Matías Bravo
Explore–exploit dilemma; human search algorithms
Cristóbal Cerda
Cristóbal Cerda
Neuroscience of consumer decisions via eye-tracking
Catalina Murúa
Catalina Murúa
ML decoding analysis for neuroeconomics experiments
Daniel Hermosilla
Daniel Hermosilla
ML methods linking psychological factors & behavior
Monserrat Montero
Monserrat Montero
Simulating transport experiences in virtual reality
Felipe Varas
Felipe Varas
Dual-system models of avoidance & punishment
David Gajardo
David Gajardo
Computational models of habit & goal-directed states
Angelo GuevaraProf., Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile · PhD, MIT
Marcela MunizagaProf., Civil Engineering, Universidad de Chile · PhD, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile