Lab Alumni

Looking forward to our next get-together!

Deborah Schneider, Ph.D. (‘24-’26 Postdoc) Chanyuan Gu, Ph.D. (‘24-’25 Postdoc) Oliver Lasnick, Ph.D. (‘19-’24 Graduate Student, now a postdoc fellow at Stanford University) Brianna Kinnie, B.S. (Project Coordinator at UConn) Nicole Florentino, B.A. (Neuropsychological Assessment Lead at UCSF and UConn) Jocelyn Caballero, B.A. (Family Program Project Coordinator at UCSF) Kora Makarska, B.S. (Research Assistant at UConn) Rayburn Tang, B.A. (Research Assistant at UCSF) Kewei Jiang, B.S. (Research Assistant at UCSF) Anna Meng Yao, B.S. (UCSF Family Study Research Assistant) Denise Lima, MD
Maria Cecilia Ladao, BSN
Stephanie Haft, PhD- (‘16-’23)
Vikas Pareek, BPharm, MSc, PhD
Aditya Chandraker- (‘20-’23)
Nanditha Prashanth- (‘20-’23)
Kaleigh Davis- (‘21-’23)
Beatriz Durant- (‘20-’23)
Gessica Ni- (‘22-’23)
Kathy Wannaviroj- (‘20-’23)
Anna Ciriello- (‘21-’23)
Ayan Mitra, PhD- (‘20-’23)
CJ Williams- (‘20-’23)
Anusha Duggirala- (‘21-’23)
Caitlin Firmage- (‘22-’23)
Anna Sapozhnikova, Ph.D- (‘16-’23)
Olivia Belman, B.A. - (‘19-’23)
Jieyin Feng, M.S. - (‘19 - ‘21)
Olga Kepinska, PhD - (‘18 - ‘21)
Matthew Davis, B.S. - (‘18 - 21’)
Airey Lau, PhD - (‘19 - ‘21)
Caroline de Magalhaes, PhD - (‘21 - ‘22)
Shaan Kamal, B.S. - (‘19 - ‘20 Medical Student at UConn)
Natasza Marrouch, PhD — (‘19 - ‘21 Postdoc at UConn)
Elizabeth Collin — (19’ — ‘21 RA at UConn)
Hanya Ouda — ('18-'20 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Brooke Seymour — ('20-'21 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Madison Stone — ('20 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Ester Vynar — ('20-'21 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Sumrina Naheed — ('20-'21 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Gianna Barada — ('20-'21 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Brooke Wallace — ('20-'21 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Justin Le — ('19-'20 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Divya Rathinavel — ('19-'20 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Leah Azab (‘19-’20 UConn Lab Manager, now a UConn School of Medicine Student)
Kai Horkan (Case Western University Engineering)
Safiyyah Bachar (‘18-’19 MRI Staff for Learning Success Program)
Mollie Bayda (‘12-’14 volunteer, now a Ph.D. student in Psychology at UCLA)
Jessica Black, PhD (‘08-‘10 Postdoc, Stanford University, currently Assist Prof at Boston College)
Nicolas Bourguignon, PhD (‘19-’20 Senior Research Scientist at UConn, now Researcher at Royal Military Academy in Belgium)
Melissa Castaneda (Undergraduate Volunteer, University of San Francisco)
Tiffany Chen, Pomona College (Intern Summer 2018)
Navita Choudhary, PhD (UConn Lab Manager Summer 2019)
Ryan Chu (Postbacc)
Megan Chung (‘17-‘18, Precision Learning Center Coordinator)
Francina Clayton, PhD (Dyslexia Collaborator, now Postdoc at University of York)
Emily Dennis, PhD (‘06-‘07 Undergraduate RA, Whitman College)
Miro Drahos, MS (’12-’13 Research Engineer)
Priscilla Duong (‘14 -‘18 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD Program)
Emily Farris, PhD (‘12-‘13 Postdoc, currently Assis Prof at UT Permian Basin Psychology)
Haley Friesch, Bowdoin College (Summer 2016)
Alexander Gantman, PsyD (‘05-‘08 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Stephanie Gee, B.S. (‘18-’20 Research Assistant at UCSF, now DO student at Midwestern University)
Salman Haider, B.A. (‘20-’21, Research Assistant at UConn, currently Support Consultant at RICS Software)
Roeland Hancock (’13 - ’17 Postdoc, UCSF, currently Assistant Professor at UConn)
Naoki Hashimoto, PhD (’14-’14 Visiting Scientist, Japan)
Joshua Heitzmann, PhD (‘06-‘09 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Candy Ho, PsyD (‘05-‘08 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Hadi Hosseini, PhD (‘11 Senior Postdoc, Stanford)
Lisa Hoyman, MS (’14-’15 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Austin Jewison, B.S. (‘18-’20 Bilingual Project Research Assistant)
Chloe Jones, (‘17-’20 TMS Project Coordinator, currently at University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Marina Kaminetskaya (’12-’14 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Nobuhisa Kobayashi, MD, PhD (‘06-‘07 Postdoc, Stanford University)
Kaori Koshiishi, MD, PhD (‘05-‘06 Stanford Visiting Scientist)
Samika Kumar, UC Berkeley (Summer 2015 and 2016)
Emily Kutner, PhD (‘11-‘14 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD Program)
Chloe LeBlanc, U Michigan (Intern, Summer 2018)
Hehui Li, PhD (‘18'-’19 Visiting Scholar, Beijing Normal University)
Janosch Linkersdoerfer, PhD (‘15-‘16 Visiting Postdoc, German Inst for Internatl Edu Research)
Hong Liu, MA (‘20-’21 Visiting Scholar, Beijing Normal University)
Kan Long, BA (‘12-‘13 Research Assistant, Boston University)
Spencer Low, BS (‘19-’20 Research Assistant, UConn)
Faria Mahjabin, B.S. (‘18-’19 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Kelsey Maki, PsyD (‘17-’20 Neuropsychological Assessment Lead, USF)
Rebecca Marks, PhD (‘16-’20 Graduate Student, University of Michigan)
Rociel Martinez, PhD (‘09-‘12, Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Alexis Metcalfe (Undergraduate Volunteer, University of San Francisco)
Supriya Molina Wunsh (‘15-‘16, Bilingual Project Manager)
Christina Mueller (2018, Visiting Graduate Student)
Lauren Murray, Lick High School (Summer 2015)
Chelsea Myers (‘12-‘15 Lab Manager, Harvard Mind Brain and Education Masters program)
Masanori Nagamine, MD, PhD (‘08-‘09 Postdoc, Stanford University)
Myriam Oliver, PhD (‘16-‘18 Postdoc, UCSF)
Natalie Oropeza (Graduate Student, Palo Alto University)
Ruriko Otsuka MD (‘17 Visiting Resident of Keio University Japan)
Geneva Pohl, Urban School (Summer 2015)
Lorena Portillo (Undergraduate Volunteer, San Jose State)
Ella-Marie Pyle, MA (‘17'-’19 Family Brain Project Coordinator, UCSF)
Stuart Red, PhD (‘08-‘09 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Charlotte Robinson, B.S. (‘18-’19 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Meera Santhanam, Nueva High School (Summer 2016)
Carolyn Sawyer, MD (’10 Medical Student, UCSF)
Oliver Sawi, PhD (‘13-’19 Graduate Student, UConn)
Joshua Silva-Roland, UC Santa Cruz (Summer 2015)
Vanessa Singh, PhD (’15 Postdoc, UCSF, currently at Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience)
Crystine Serrone, MS (‘09-‘11 Graduate Student, San Jose State University)
Teresa Soriano, MA (’11-’14, Research Assistant)
Nikki Solanki (‘18, Summer Intern)
Leanne Stanley, PhD (‘08-‘11 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Akari Shwin, MD (’13-’14, Medical Student Research Intern)
Isabel Sunshine, BA (‘18 Lab Manager and PrecL Associate)
Lisa Sugiura, PhD (‘06-‘07 Visiting Scientist, Stanford University)
Isaac Taitz (Graduate Student, Palo Alto University)
Natalie Tamburello, MA (‘11 Undergraduate RA, Whitman College)
Hiroko Tanaka, PhD (‘07-‘12, Graduate Student, Palo Alto Univ, PGSP PhD Program; ‘15-‘17 Pediatric Neuropsychologist)
Alexandra Thurston, PhD (‘08-‘12, Graduate Student, Palo Alto Univ, PGSP PhD program)
Melinda Tran (Undergraduate Volunteer, UC Davis)
Mandeep Tumber (‘09-‘12, Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Moe Phyu Tun, PhD (’09 Medical Student, Des Moines University)
Ariana Vargas, UC Berkeley (Summer 2015)
Nikola Vukovic, PhD (‘18-’21, Postdoc at UCSF)
Cheng Wang, PhD (’14-’16 Postdoc)
Dennis Wu, B.S. (‘17-’20, Family Study Coordinator, currently at UT Dallas)
Eric Woon, B.S. (‘18-’19 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Bun Yamagata, MD, PhD (‘10-‘12 Postdoc, Stanford University)
Nahal Zakerani, PhD (‘07-‘10 Graduate Student, Palo Alto University, PGSP PhD program)
Sylwia Zambrzycka, B.S. (‘18-’19 Undergraduate RA at UConn)
Leo Zekelman (‘17-‘18 Bilingual Project Manager)

Student RAs

Vivek Boppana; Megha Nissankararao; Aadita Jha; Sanhita Kancharla; Aren Popik; Emily Liu; Eshitha Rao; Irene Tang; Anulekha Sahu; Cecilia Andersen; Ameena Meliane; Kairaa Balaraman; Shreya Gattu; Shadae Green; Rishika Dokula; Emily Sun; Thu Anh Ho; Karen Tarango; Xiangyi Li; Katrina Soria; Catalina Do; Jennifer Davis; Sarah Paglini; Emily Shults; Grace Lilly; Madhumita Nambiar; Grace Lilly; Arta Berisha; Ashlynn Steinbaugh; Allison Kalva; Sile Bao; Kate Kranenburg; Melisse Clairenth Liwag; Vinu Pillai; Beatriz Durant; Xiaohan Shi; Malisa Khamphouy; Mike Remache; Conor Murphy; Iman Wehelie; Katherine Pierce; Amy O’Rourke; Mariel Agbim; Elisha Beal; Shreya Sreenivas; Radu Costache; Elizabeth Bruder

Interships

Nia Jackson (Admitted to UConn, 2026). Mridhulaa Rajagopal (Admitted to UCLA, 2026) Oma Makhija (Admitted to Caltech, 2026) Hayden Fong (Admitted to WashU, 2026) Erik Taiga Hoeft (Admitted to the University of Chicago, 2026)

Past Collaborators

Robert Hendren, D.O. (‘17-’22, Professor of Psychiatry and Lab Co-Director) Eliza Lehrke, PsyD (UCSF)
Jessica Black, PhD (Boston College)
Laurie E. Cutting, PhD (Vanderbilt)
Elena Grigorenko, PhD (Yale)
Jay Rueckl, PhD (UConn)
Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, MD, PhD (UCSF)
Alliance for Child & Family Health & Development (UC Merced)
Steve Petrill, PhD (Ohio State University)
Daniel Ansari, PhD (Western University)
Jessica Black, PhD (Boston College)
Manuel Carreiras, PhD (BCBL)
Genevieve Leung, PhD (USF)
Catherine McBride, PhD (University of Purdue)
Linda Siegel, PhD (UBC)