Lab Members.

Many roads lead to Rome. And to Science.

Established in 2020... 2021/2!

There's nothing like a global reset to start a laboratory.
The initial conception and plans for this lab began already in 2019/20. Then Covid hit. Supply chain issues delayed the renovation of the lab space.  

Since summer 2022 we are all set!
​The instruments talks to each other (when we want them to do so) and the coffee machine is in heavy use.
​So watch this space!

Our Goal

Smell had been repeatedly misunderstood because it was modeled with concepts derived from vision as the paradigmatic go-to sense.

We want to understand olfaction in its own right and based on its own features.

That will help us to understand the senses more generally.

Our Team

The Stink Tank Spring 2023

Dr. Ann-Sophie Barwich
Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor
(jointly in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine & Cognitive Science since 2019).
Website: Smellosophy
Email: abarwich [at] iu [đot] edu 

Irene Georgiadis 
Lab Manager

Cognitive Science BS.
​Email: igeorgia [at] iu [dot] edu

Gabe Severino
​​Graduate student

(Cognitive Science, minor in Bioengineering, since 2021)

Email: gjseveri [at] iu [đợt] edu​​

JagWilliams
Graduate Student

(jointly in Philosophy & Cognitive Science since 2022)

Email: jagmwill [at] iu [đợt] edu

Kira Breithaupt
Graduate Student

(jointly in Cognitive Science and Psychology & Brain Sciences since 2022)

Email: kbreitha [at] indiana [dot] edu

Our Collaborators

The Firestein Lab
Columbia University 

The Acree Lab
Cornell University 

The Smith Lab
University of London

The Shiffrin Lab
Indiana University Bloomington

Interested in Joining Us? 

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