I-LABS Postdoctoral Fellows & Students
The Institute draws top recent Ph.D.s and promising graduate students from around the world. These next generation scientists help make the Institute the nexus for research on the science of early learning.
Dr. Barragan is a postdoctoral fellow working with Dr. Andrew Meltzoff. His research at I-LABS examines how every-day aspects of children’s experiences, such as the extent to which they engage in reciprocal... Read more
Ashley joined the lab in June 2017 as a post-doc working with Dr. Andrew Meltzoff. She completed her PhD in Psychology working with Dr. Peter Marshall at Temple University. Her dissertation focused on interpersonal visual-... Read more
Dr. Yael Weiss-Zruya is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Patricia Kuhl’s laboratory. She earned her B.A. in the Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Haifa, Israel, and M.A. and Ph.D. from the... Read more
Ruofan joined I-LABS in 2016 as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl. She received her B.A. in Linguistics from University of California, Berkeley, focusing on speech perception research in the UC... Read more
Patrick joined the Brain Development and Education Lab in July, 2015 after participating in the I-LABS Summer Internship Program. He received his B.A. in Child Development from Tufts University, focusing on dyslexia and... Read more
Lindsey is a first year graduate student in the Speech and Hearing Sciences department and pursuing her PhD in the lab. She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology where... Read more
Malayka Mottarella graduated from Willamette University in 2017 with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology. During her time as an undergraduate, Malayka acted as a research assistant and lab manager for... Read more
Wan Jin is a PhD student working with Dr. Samu Taulu on the physics behind magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems. She received her BS in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from UC San Diego. Currently, she is investigating... Read more
Margaux Bouchegnies is currently pursuing a degree in psychology with a minor in creative coding at The New School in New York City. Coming from a French-American household, she is excited to join I-LABS this summer to... Read more
Kayla Chea is a rising senior at the University of Washington pursuing a B.S. in Informatics. She is excited to join I-LABS this summer and learn more about bilingualism in children. She is interested in the intersection... Read more
Jake McManus is a rising senior at the University of Washington, majoring in linguistics. His research interests include second language acquisition, natural language processing, and statistical learning. This summer with... Read more
Annique Nyman is a rising senior at Princeton University where she is studying Psychology and pursuing a premedical track. As an intern this summer, she looks to expand her knowledge on childhood development and how... Read more
Eva Nunez is a graduate of Georgetown University with a B.A. in Psychology. Starting this fall, she will be attending Teachers College, Columbia University to pursue an M.Ed. in Psychological Counseling. Eva’s... Read more
A’Dawnah Pangelinan is a rising sophomore at UW-Seattle, currently working towards a major in Neuroscience. Her research interests reside in neuroscience, neurotechnology, psychology, and linguistics. This summer, A... Read more
Alexis Reissmann is a senior at Western Washington University pursing a B.S. in behavioral neuroscience. At Western she is a research assistant under Dr. McNeel Janzten in the Language and Neural Systems lab, studying the... Read more
