OUR TEAM

Dr. Adena Schachner

Dr. Schachner is Associate Professor of psychology at the University of California, San Diego, where she directs the Mind and Development Lab. She holds a PhD in psychology from Harvard University and a BA in cognitive science from Yale University, and completed post-doctoral training at Boston University before joining UCSD in 2016.

adschachner at ucsd dot edu | ‪@adenaschachner.bsky.social‬ | CV

Rodney Tompkins

PhD Student | Website

Chaolan Lin

PhD Student | Website

Shirley Liu

PhD Student | Website

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

Ray Yin

Emma Tai

Teresa Di Matteo

Amy Nguyen

Presley Bodenshot

Jamie Gillespie

Jennifer Lozano

Alesia Andrade

Olivia Upham

Vani Sood

Kiana Hawthorne

Alan Lopez

LAB FUN

LAB ALUMNI

Alexis Smith Flores, Ph.D.

Grad Student

Now: Asst. Prof at Lehigh University Website

Tanushree Agrawal, Ph.D.

Grad student

Now: Asst. Prof, Soka University of America
Google Scholar Website

Minju Kim, Ph.D.

Grad student

Now: Asst. teaching professor at Chapman University | Google Scholar LinkedIn | Website

Madison Pesowski, Ph.D.

Postdoc in the lab

Now: Asst. Prof, University of the Fraser Valley | Website

Ethan Hurwitz, Ph.D.

Grad Student

Now: Postdoc at UCSD Center for Psychedelic Research | Website

Lauren Oey, Ph.D.

Grad student

Now: Machine Learning Scientist, Netflix
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Lim Leong, Ph.D.

Grad student

Now: Mixed-Methods UX Researcher | Website

Undergraduate Researcher Alumni

Monica Alcasid

Elizabeth Bennette

Breanna Bowers

Khang Bui

Amanda Calcetas

Katrina Camacho

Yolanda Chavez

Danielle Clarke

Maxine Covello

Heidy Davila

Alexis Dawson

Samantha De Los Santos

Vanessa Dominguez

Vivian Du

Finiva Ednalino

Olivia Gerald

Carissa Jantz

Kiana Jara

Emma Kim
Kelvin Lam

Renee Landin

Eleah Lee

Frank Lee

Tatyana Lemus

Naomi Lin

Previous Lab Coordinators

Alyssa Quy

Michelle Lee

Andrea Nishimi

Leila Latham
Jubilee (Izzy) Shroff

Erin Ling

Rebecca Lomayesva

Mai Luu

Nora Lyang

Caroline Ma
Angela Mak

Allena McComas

Lidia Mendoza

Franco Mercado

Alison Metzinger

Marissa Meza
Jessica Ni

Shruti Nishith

Angela Nagtalon

Jessica Orford

Saloni Patel
John Rodriquez
Sabrina Sandoval

Elizabeth (Megan) Scott

Kaitlyn Seifert

Jason Tran

Mai Vu
Diana Wang

Christine Wang

Michelle Yasavolian

Emily Zhang

Joanna Jain

Deisy Martinez

Kylie Cassutt

Amber O'Brien

Georgina Summers (Oxford)

Sarah Hasheem

Shrina Patel

Lance Tiu

Keiran Padgett

Nadeen Youhanan

Alexa Duran

Banso Nguyen

Kaye Han

Rob Ethan Santiago

Mary Pat Walsh
Milind Kankipati

Mina Cicekoglu

Emma Yang
Lauren Magness
Cathy Doss

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