Past members
A record of every researcher, student, and assistant who has shaped the lab — listed by role and cohort year.
Postdocs and doctoral students
Dr. Denise Werchan
Former Postdoctoral FellowDr. Denise Werchan is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the New York University School of Medicine. Prior to coming to NYU, Denise received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from Brown University. Her research broadly focuses on how human brain and cognitive development is shaped by experience in the presence of risk and opportunity in infancy and early childhood.
Stephen Braren
Former Doctoral StudentStephen is a doctoral student in the Developmental Psychology program at NYU Steinhardt. He is interested in how stress, particularly in contexts of socioeconomic disadvantage, affects brain and cognitive development.
Sarah Vogel
Former Doctoral StudentSarah received a B.A. in Psychology and French from the University of Rochester in 2016. She is interested in how early life adversity influences executive functions, and studied relations between early experiences, the gut microbiome, and cognitive development.
Ashley Greaves
Doctoral StudentAshley received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in Neuroscience and Educational Studies. She studies how poverty affects brain and cognitive development, focusing on infant executive functioning, language, and memory.
Lab managers, research assistants and students
QUEST Students
- Ayomide PopoolaResearch Assistant
- Ivelisse Pedreira GarciaResearch Assistant
- Rodney JeromeResearch Assistant
2025
- Anna HsuResearch Assistant
- Priya LochabResearch Assistant
- Catalina SaavedraResearch Assistant
- Charlie LiResearch Assistant
- Sophie LehmanResearch Assistant
2024
- Nicole SampaioResearch Assistant
- Lucy YanResearch Assistant
- Hillary Allison OrtizResearch Assistant
- Ksenia ZuyevResearch Assistant
- Amaani BeereResearch Assistant
- Grace LiResearch Assistant
- Amelia AlmonteResearch Assistant
- Alexa GuzmanResearch Assistant
- Marielle SauberResearch Assistant
- Kelechi NwokomaResearch Assistant
- Paloma CastilloResearch Assistant
- Kyla Mae BernalResearch Assistant
- Nikita GhodkeResearch Assistant
2023
- Tehmeena SalahinData Manager
- Mahima GolaniResearch Assistant
- Rebecca KleinResearch Assistant
- Dismell GabinResearch Assistant
- Shambaleed NayyerResearch Assistant
- Abby HjortResearch Assistant
- Valeria Bradosche PallaresResearch Assistant
- Hawa NasiriResearch Assistant
- Nehal MittalResearch Assistant
- Srinidhi AnanthResearch Assistant
- Aileen ZhouResearch Assistant
- Haruka KokazeResearch Assistant
- Lisa AbeResearch Assistant
- Aissata DialloHigh School Student
- Jenna KatzResearch Assistant
2022
- Audrey LinResearch Assistant
- Isabelle JacquesResearch Assistant
- Meera ArumugamResearch Assistant
- Natalia TillerResearch Assistant
- Matthew WeatherheadResearch Assistant
- Grace KelloggResearch Assistant
- Julia DudensingResearch Assistant
- Olivia WongResearch Assistant
- Yuhan LiuResearch Assistant
2021
- Maya MetserResearch Assistant
- Jackie ChoiResearch Assistant
- Julia ClarkResearch Assistant
- Liz PeronResearch Assistant
- John ZhangResearch Assistant
2020
- Buyong JooResearch Assistant
- Carol GallowayResearch Assistant
- Nick TongResearch Assistant
- Sarah GouricheResearch Assistant
- Joy ShenResearch Assistant
- Akshar PatelResearch Assistant
- Epifania GallinaResearch Assistant
- Caitlin RogoffResearch Assistant
- Makenzie BaylessResearch Assistant
- Ariel GianukakisResearch Assistant
- Karina KozakLab Manager
- Fernanda AlonsoResearch Assistant
- Sarah HarrisResearch Assistant
- Leslie GainesResearch Assistant
- Olivia SidotiResearch Assistant
- Liana MagaliffResearch Assistant
2019
- Anna LindnerResearch Assistant
- Clarice RobinsonResearch Assistant
- Jessica RickelResearch Assistant
- Julia MosesResearch Assistant
- Judith KonamahResearch Assistant
- Stefani WiloejoResearch Assistant
- Emelie BeattieResearch Assistant
- Rahil KamathResearch Assistant
2018
- Pedro AbreuResearch Assistant
- Sandra Elena AlcarazResearch Assistant