Dr. Avci is a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Houston. She received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology from Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Avci obtained her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology with a specialization in learning and memory from Rice University in 2011, where she received the prestigious Gardner Award for the best dissertation in social sciences. She completed her postdoctoral training in the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory in the department of physical therapy medicine and rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine. Avci’s research spans different facets of human cognition, with a particular focus on ways to enhance memory functions in the laboratory and in real-world settings, which she examines in both healthy and clinical populations (e.g., traumatic brain injury and HIV patients). Recently, her research interests have expanded to include cognitive risk factors interfering with daily functioning (e.g., health behavior).