People

Principal Investigator

C. Shawn Green

Position title: Mark and Ilene Laufman Family Professor and Department Chair

Pronouns: he/him

Phone: 608-263-4868

Address:
Brogden 422

Research Specialist & Lab Manager

Levi Kasten

Position title: Lab Manager & Research Specialist

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Noah Fellinger

Position title: Lab Manager & Research Specialist

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Rainy Jin

Position title: Lab Manager & Research Specialist

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Post-Doc

Freya Joëssel

Position title: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 475

Graduate Students

Lauren Anthony

Position title: Graduate Student

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 469

Shanti Astra

Position title: Graduate Student

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 469

Emma Gayle Cunningham

Position title: Graduate Student

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 469

Ezgi Melisa Yüksel

Position title: Graduate Student

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 469

Undergraduate Researchers

Samantha Baniel

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Greg Dekker

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
463 Brogden

Amanda Dwin

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Natalia Emanuel

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Kairui Gu

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Gabriel Gutierrez

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Hailie Holman

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Carter Klenko

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Chaoran Li

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Kyra Mathew

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Alexander McGinty

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Kian O'Loughlin

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Amanda Rhee

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Emma Wagner

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: she/her

Address:
Brogden 463

Connor Wood

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463

Conlan Yourell

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Pronouns: he/him

Address:
Brogden 463


Previous Lab Members

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Graduate Students

Aaron Cochrane
Graduate Student
2014-2020

Mohan Ji
Graduate Student
2019-2023

Post-Docs

Adam Large
Postdoctoral Researcher
2017-2019

Gillian Dale
Postdoctoral Researcher
2014-2016

Florian Kattner
Postdoctoral Researcher
2014-2016

Lab Managers

Adam Eichenbaum
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
2013-2015

Thomas Gorman
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
2015-2017

Hanna Klecka
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
2019-2020

Hong Guan
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
2021-2023

Zechun Zhao
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
2023-2024

Zachary Fredrich
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
2024-2025

Undergraduate Researchers

Naseem Alsuwailih
Undergraduate Researcher
2018-2019

Aditya Ashok
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Megan Baier
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2020

Tyler Ballweg
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2015-2017

Kyle Barron
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2017-2019

Melis Baskaya
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2023-2026

Jenna Bergmanis
Undergraduate Researcher
2024

Shauna Berman
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2021

Austin Bohling
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2018

Elizabeth Bottoms
Undergraduate Researcher
2025

Lisbeth Brooks
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2021

Rosalie Cai
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Ian Canovi
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2014-2016

Dario Ciaciura
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2021

Madeline Chen
Undergraduate Researcher
2020

Zhiyuan Chen
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2021

Tiffany Cheng
Undergraduate Researcher
2012-2013

Jihoon Choi
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2020

Anna Corriveau
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2017-2019

Callin Dai
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Manmeet Dang
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Brandon DeCloutte
Undergraduate Researcher
2014-2015

Zach Demko
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2019-2021

Madelyn Donnelley
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2021

Shivansh Desai
Undergraduate Researcher
2016

Jing Ding
Undergraduate Researcher
2018-2019

Roxanne Etta
Undergraduate Researcher
2013-2014

Samara Fagan
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2022

Noah Fellinger
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Honor’s Thesis, Glushko Award Winner
2023-2024

Kyle Ferris
Undergraduate Researcher
2012-2013

Stephen Finman
Undergraduate Researcher
2013-2014

Paige Fisher
Undergraduate Researcher
2016

William Fitzgerald
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Haley Fleckenstein
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2022

Olivia Foli
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2021-2022

Tessa Foor
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Zachary Fredrich
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2022-2024

Steven Ge
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Mannat Gill
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2019

Angelina Godinez
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2022

Brenda Gomez
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Thomas Gorman
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2013-2015

Yanchi Gu
Undergraduate Researcher
2016

Yujun Guo
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Taylor Hanley
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2012-2014

McKenna Hayes
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Anna Hazen
Undergraduate Researcher
2013-2014

Jack Heinrich
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2018

Michael Hekmat
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Jenna Hensel
Undergraduate Researcher
2015-2016

Alex Hietpas
Undergraduate Researcher
2017

Josie Holman
Undergraduate Researcher
2025-2026

Jasmine Horrach
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Ethan Hsieh
Undergraduate Researcher
2024

Benjamin Jaffe
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2018

Hiya Jain
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2022

Gayathri Jayaraaman
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2026

Kaitlin Jensen
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Psychology Community Impact Award Winner
2023-2026

Wandi Jiang
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2023

Rainy Jin
Undergraduate Researcher, Sophomore Project, Senior Thesis, Glushko Award Winner
2022-2025

Akanimo Jones
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Athena Kafkas
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2022

Levi Kasten
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Victoria Klass
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Honor’s Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2014-2017

Laila Kirstein
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Ian Lapcinski
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2021

Lisa Larson
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2018

Patrick Leconte
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Nicole Levine
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2014-2016

Fiona Lee
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2019-2020

Sydney Lex
Undergraduate Researcher
2021

Jamie Li
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2015-2017

Meria Li
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Yuanchen Li
Undergraduate Researcher
2018-2019

Shaonan Liang
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Dani Lien
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Meredith Lindeman
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Anna Liu
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Cassie Liu
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2023-2024

One Liu
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Siyu Liu
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Zheyuan Liu
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Laura Locarno
Undergraduate Researcher
2018-2019

Stephanie Loo
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Honor’s Thesis
2012-2014

Vy Lu
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2023-2024

Jake Lundy
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2018

Lorraine Luo
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Artem Lyu
Undergraduate Researcher
2023

Evan Manderfield
Undergraduate Researcher
2012-2013

Matthew Marti
Undergraduate Researcher
2012-2014

Vijay Marupudi
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2019

Natalie Maruyama
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Gage Meyer
Undergraduate Researcher
2014-2017

Abigail Milz
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2020

Alexandria Moews
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2026

Caitlin Morris
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Jacqueline Olen
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Daniel Otchere
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2024

Adam Park
Undergraduate Researcher
2012-2013

Kate Patek
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Noah Phillips
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2019-2021

Amy Phung
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2019

Thomas Rademacher
Undergraduate Researcher
2014-2016

Teagan Raffenbeul
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2022

Sydney Reinhard
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Camille Relford
Undergraduate Researcher
2025-2026

Sofia Reverendo
Undergraduate Researcher
2019

Makala Roberson
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2021

Natalia Rodriguez
Undergraduate Researcher
2021

Leah Rudman
Undergraduate Researcher
2012

Danielle Sampers
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2016-2017

Delaney Sanford
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2025

Sarah Sausen
Undergraduate Researcher
2015-2016

William Saykao
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2018

Leila Schiegg
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Kali Schulte
Undergraduate Researcher
2014-2016

Sanan Sharifzade
Undergraduate Researcher
2023

Shreya Sharma
Undergraduate Researcher
2020

Xinxu Shen
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2015-2017

Melissa Shi
Undergraduate Researcher
2014-2015

Yuhan Shi
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2021-2023

Madeline Shields
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2025-2026

Megan Sippy
Undergraduate Researcher
2018-2019

Dominica Siragusa
Undergraduate Researcher
2025

Bret Spielbauer
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2026

Aidan Stange
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Eliza Starr
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2024

Jason Starr
Undergraduate Researcher
2025-2026

Julie Sung
Undergraduate Researcher
2015-2016

Samantha Swancoat
Undergraduate Researcher
2018-2019

Allison Swid
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2022

Maria Szalkowski
Undergraduate Researcher
2017-2019

Leila Tannous
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2026

Anxhela Tata
Undergraduate Researcher
2025-2026

Dylan Teng
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Kayla Terhaar
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Merrick Thomas
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2026

Helen Treankler
Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2023

Annie Utz
Undergraduate Researcher
2015-2017

Katelyn Van Buren
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2022

Lily Van Horn
Undergraduate Researcher
2022

Ka Vang
Undergraduate Researcher
2016-2017

Lauren Verhulst
Undergraduate Researcher
2019-2022

Masha Vodyanyk
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2017-2020

Sasha Vulakh
Undergraduate Researcher
2025-2026

Caroline Wang
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2022

Vivian Wang
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Ziqi Wang
Undergraduate Researcher
2020-2021

Elsa Wei
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Psychology Community Impact Award Winner
2023-2026

Emily Weiss
Undergraduate Researcher
2024-2025

Brooke Wespetal
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023

Payden White
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis, Hilldale Award Winner
2014-2017

Alexander Wilcox
Undergraduate Researcher
2024

Meghan Wokurka
Undergraduate Researcher, Senior Thesis
2023-2024

Siyuan Yin
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Rachel Yoo
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2025

Xiyu Zhang
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2024

Li Zhan
Undergraduate Researcher
2023-2025

Yining Zhao
Undergraduate Researcher
2022-2023