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: melina.knabe@utexas.edu
Ph.D. Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024
B.S. Neuroscience, Washington and Lee University, 2017
Research interests: Memory and Language Development, Bilingualism and Second Language Learning
CV | Email: TBD
Ph.D. Psychology, University of California, Davis 2026
B.A. Neuroscience, Scripps College, 2019
Research interests: Vision, Attention, & Learning, Neural Network Models of Learning
CV | Email: cat.bianco@utexas.edu
B.A. Psychology, New York University, 2020
Research interests: Perception and action, caregiver-infant interactions, neurodiverse development
Email: ashleynguyen27@utexas.edu
B.A., Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 2026
Email: jbw2cs@gmail.com
B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2026
Email: mcl3368@eid.utexas.edu
Psychology BA - Minor in Statistics & Data Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2027 (expected)
Email: jocelyn.thomas@.utexas.edu
B.A., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2023 - Minor in Educational Psychology
A.A., General Studies, Texas Southmost College, 2021
Email: ayedavelli@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 2028 (expected)
Email: eric.hq.zhao@gmail.com
B.A. Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (Expected)
Email: mikechristner123@gmail.com
B.S., Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 2029 (expected)
Email: ss235665@eid.utexas.edu
B.S., Kinesiology, University of Texas at Austin, 2029 (expected)
Email: abbyhe882@gmail.com
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, 2029 (expected)
Email: abbyhe882@gmail.com
B.A., Pyschology, University of Texas at Austin, 2027 (expected)
CV |Email: adrianarizk05@gmail.com
B.S., Pyschology, University of Texas at Austin, 2027 (expected)
B.M., Music Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 2028 (expected)
Email: pes928@my.utexas.edu
B.S., Pyschology, University of Texas at Austin, 2028 (expected)
Email: nk24424@my.utexas.edu
B.S., Statistics and Data Science, University of Texas at Austin, 2027 (expected)
Email: isz89@eid.utexas.edu
B.S., Public Health, University of Texas at Austin, 2029 (expected)
| Name | Lab Position | Current Position |
| Elton Martinez | Lab Technician | current position |
| Jingwen Pang | Lab Technician | current position |
| Jane Yang | Lab Technician | current position |
| Alyssa Yarbrough | Lab Manager | current position |
| Nicole Jackson | Lab Technician | current position |
| Jacob Rivera | Master's Student | current position |
| Spencer Caplan | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
| Jeremy Borjon | Postdoctoral Researcher | current position |
| Sara Schroer | Ph.D. Student | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Name | Name | Name |
| Tarunikha Satish | David Snodgrass | Connor Pickett |
| Anna Iskra | Aryan Parikh | Isabella Castillo |
| Anvitha Kondapi | Mollie Walters | Rithika Cheela |
| Anagha Kenikar | Ruchi Shah | Ashley Argueta |
| Bryanna Boone | Mugdha Kumar | Annie Kim |
| Richard Valladeres | Vivian Bui | Soham Lahiri |
| Steve Zhang | Gargi Rakhade | Emma Gray |
| Pavani Pratapa | Adam Smith | Laura Merlina |
| Adrienne Wood | Dave Pandya | Natalia Lago |
| Julia Ritchie | Carson Bruno | Bilal Zafar |
| Disha Girish | Alexa Cohen | Yasmin Farahani |
| Misty Peng | Naomi Economou | Yuvraj Baweja |
| Miranda Avila | Kaylee Marquez | Hannah Lee |
| Justin Chung | Linda Ngo | Elizabeth Linhart-Musikant |
| Natalie Mardoian | Ellis Cain | Chuan Luo |
| Stanley Huang |
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
