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Lab Alumni

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Dr. Jamie Donenfeld

Jamie, who was mentored by
Dr. Kaldy and Dr. Blaser, defended her dissertation in October 2025 . She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University Florida in Gainesville, FL, in the Brain, Cognition and Development Lab, working with Dr. Lisa Scott. 

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Dr. Yibiao (Bill) Liang

Yibiao defended his dissertation in May 2024. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the LISCO Lab at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, working with Dr. Yee Lee Shing.


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Dr. Erinda Morina

Erinda defended her dissertation in March 2024. She will be completing postdoctoral work with Dr. Justine Cassell at INRIA in Paris (a national research institution - the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation), as well as a collaborator on the project, Dr. Guillame Dumas, based at the University of Montreal. She will be working on a project which involves brain imaging and hyperscanning in school-age children to understand collaborative work. 



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Dr. Mollie Hamilton

Mollie defended her PhD in May 2023. She is currently a Scholar-in-Residence at Emerson College, in Boston, MA. Starting in September 2024, she is going to be a full-time Lecturer in Psychology at Barnard College - Columbia University, in New York City.


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Dr. Julie Freschl

Julie graduated with her PhD in May 2021. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Smith-Kettlewell Institute Research Institute in San Francisco, CA until 2023. She has recently moved to a new position at Exponent, Inc. 


Dr. Mihye Choi

Mihye graduated with her PhD in Fall 2020, and she is currently a Senior Data Analyst at MassMutual. ​

Dr. Sarah Izen

​Sarah graduated with her PhD in Fall 2020. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Rochester in the lab of Dr. Elise Piazza.

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Dr. Chen Cheng


​Chen graduated with her PhD in Fall 2019. After completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Boston University in the lab of Dr. Melissa Kibbe, she received a faculty position at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.


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​Dr. Doris Chow

Doris graduated with her PhD in Summer 2018. After completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, she is now a faculty member at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada.


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​Dr. Daniel Harris
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Dr Daniel Haris is an Assistant Professor Epidemiology in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. His research investigates drug/vaccine utilization, safety, and effectiveness among older adults and persons living with neurodegenerative disease. 

​https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/chs/departments/epidemiology/

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​Dr. Melissa Kibbe
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Melissa is an Associate Professor at Boston University and the Director of the Developing Minds Lab.

http://www.bu.edu/psych/faculty/kibbe/



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​Dr. Shaun O'Grady

Shaun completed his Honor's Thesis in the Baby Lab in 2014 and received his PhD from UC Berkeley, in 2019. He is now a Senior Analyst at Accenture Inc.


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​Dr. Sylvia Guillory

​Sylvia graduated with her PhD in Summer 2017. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, in New York, NY. She is currently working as an analyst for Leidos, Inc.


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​Dr. Allison Fitch
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Ali graduated with her PhD in Summer 2017. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.

www.rit.edu/directory/ahfgsh-allison-fitch



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​Dr. Hayley Smith

Hayley graduated with her PhD in Spring 2018. After graduation, she was working for Common Sense Media, Inc.

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