Charles and Sarah Seay Regents Professor of Developmental Psychology
Email: chen.yu@austin.utexas.edu | Office: SEA 4.230
Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Rochester, 2004
CV | Email: brianna.kaplan@austin.utexas.edu
Ph.D., Psychology, New York University, 2023
B.A. Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
Research interests: Social learning, Object exploration, Motor development
CV | Email: alyssa.yarbrough@utexas.edu
B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Email: jt45273@utexas.edu
B.A., Psycgology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2023 (expected) - Minor in Educational Psychology
A.A., General Studies, Texas Southmost College, 2021
CV | Email: akenikar@utexas.edu
B.S., Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
Email: eltongmt@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
CV | Email: ruchishah@utexas.edu
B.S., Computer Science, B.S. Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
Email: aew3439@my.utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
Email: baz363@my.utexas.edu
B.S., Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
CV | Email: bryannaboone@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, B.S. Informatics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
CV | Email: natalia.lago@utexas.edu
B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2024 (expected)
Email: ashleyargueta2@utexas.edu
B.S., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
Email: cbruno2002@gmail.com
B.S., Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, 2024 (expected)
CV | Email: juju0062003@gmail.com
B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
CV | Email: jacobrivera@utexas.edu
M.S. Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2023 (expected)
B.S. Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2021
Email: dave_pandya01@utexas.edu
B.S., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2024 (expected)
Name | Lab Position | Current Position |
Disha Girish | Research Assistant | current position |
Alexa Cohen | Research Assistant | current position |
Yasmin Farahani | Research Assistant | current position |
Misty Peng | Research Assistant | current position |
Naomi Economou | Research Assistant | current position |
Spencer Caplan | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Jeremy Borjon | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Sara Schroer | Ph.D. Student | current position |
Yuvraj Baweja | Research Assistant | current position |
Miranda Avila | Research Assistant | current position |
Kaylee Marquez | Research Assistant | current position |
Hannah Lee | Research Assistant | current position |
Justin Chung | Research Assistant | current position |
Julia Yurkovic | Ph.D. Student | current position |
Yayun Zhang | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Christian Jerry | Lab Coordinator | current position |
Ryan Peters | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Linda Ngo | Research Assistant | current position |
Elizabeth Linhart-Musikant | Research Assistant | current position |
Natalie Mardoian | Research Assistant | current position |
Ellis Cain | Research Assistant | current position |
Dian Zhi | Lab Manager | current position |
Lauren Slone, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Drew Abney, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Sven Bambach, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Catalina Suarez-Rivera, Ph.D. | Ph.D. Student | current position |
Umay Suanda, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
Charlene Ty, M.S. | Project Manager | current position |
Daniel Pearcy | Lab Manager | current position |
Chuan Luo | Research Assistant | current position |
Anting Chen | Lab Manager | current position |
Seth Foster | MS Student and Lab Technician | current position |
Steven Elmlinger | Lab Manager | current position |
Chen Chi-Hsin (Esther), Ph.D. | Post-doc fellow | current position |
Yihui (Cece) Jiao | Student and Web designer | current position |
Alex Romberg, Ph.D. | Post-doc fellow | current position |
John Franchak, Ph.D. | Post-doc fellow | current position |
Stanley Huang | Research Assistant | current position |
Hao Lu | MS student | current position |
Melissa Elston | Lab Manager | current position |
Dan Yurovsky, Ph.D. | Ph.D. student | current position |
George Kachergis, Ph.D. | Ph.D. student | current position |
Hui Zhang, Ph.D. | Ph.D. student & Research Scientist | current position |
Yiwen Zhong, Ph.D. | Visiting Scholar | current position |
Thomas Smith | Software engineer | current position |
Alfredo Pereira | Ph.D. student and Post-doc fellow | current position |
Hongwei Shen | MS student | current position |
Amanda Favata | Lab Manager | current position |
Lei Pei | MS student | current position |
Seehyun Kim | MS student | current position |
Thomas Baker, Ph.D. | Post-doc fellow | current position |
Krystal Klein, Ph.D. | Ph.D. student | current position |
Brian Riordan, Ph.D. | Post-doc fellow | current position |
Samantha Brandfon | Lab Manager | current position |
University of Texas - Austin | Department of
Psychology
Lab email: chenyulab@austin.utexas.edu | Address: 108 E Dean Keeton St, Austin, TX 78712
Designed by Andrei Amatuni, Yayun Zhang, Dian Zhi