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: cat.bianco@utexas.edu
B.A. Psychology, New York University, 2020
Research interests: Perception and action, caregiver-infant interactions, neurodiverse development
Email: jocelyn.thomas@utexas.edu
B.A. Psychology - Education Psychology minor, The University of Texas at Austin, 2023
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: ashleyargueta2@utexas.edu
B.S., Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
CV |Email: bryannaboone@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, B.S. Informatics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
Email: emgray@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology Honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
Email: mugdha@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
CV |Email: pavani1404@utexas.edu
B.S. Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
Email: rc49479@my.utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
Email: adamzack1125@utexas.edu
B.A. Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
CV |Email: taruni_satish@utexas.edu
B.S. Psychology - Social and Behavioral Sciences Minor, The University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
Email: ricvalladares86@gmail.com
B.S. Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 2025 (expected)
CV |Email: david.snodgrass@utexas.edu
B.A. Psychology - Philosophy of Law Minor, University of Texas, 2026 (expected)
Email: laumerlina90@gmail.com
B.A., Plan II Honors, University of Texas at Austin, 2026 (expected)
| Name | Lab Position | Current Position |
| Jane Yang | Lab Technician | current position |
| Alyssa Yarbrough | Lab Manager | current position |
| Nicole Jackson | Research Associate | current position |
| Jacob Rivera | Research Assistant | current position |
| Dave Pandya | Research Assistant | current position |
| Natalia Lago | Research Assistant | current position |
| Julia Ritchie | Research Assistant | current position |
| Carson Bruno | Research Assistant | current position |
| Bilal Zafar | Research Assistant | 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
