Mentors Accepting Students 2025-2026

NamePopulation(s)MethodsTopicsAdditional Information
Beck, EmorieAdolescents, adultsSociological dataShort- and long-term predictions of personality 
Blozis, ShelleyStatistical modelsStatistical modeling of behavioral dataStatistical methods for clustered, repeated measures and longitudinal data 
Bowman, LindsayNeurotypical infants and young childrenEEGDevelopmental neuroscience; social cognition; brain-environment interactions 
Caporale, NataliaCollege studentsSociological dataImpact of Chicanx Studies and academic probation on STEM students 
Chen, Xiaomo MonkeysInvasive neurobiology, EEG, eye trackingNeural basis of attention and cognitive control 
Cingel, DrewChildren, adolescents, adultsBehavioral and online dataInfluence of media on human developmentLooking for someone who has worked with children or is interested in studying children from a social science perspective
Fioravante, Diasynoumiceelectrophysiology, neuroanatomyNeural circuits for learning, memory and motivated behavior 
comfortable working with rodents and a strong interest in brain neurobiology a must; good quantitative/analytical background, manual dexterity and good hand-eye coordination highly preferred
Frey, SethPeople engaged in real-world online activitiesOnline data
Computational approaches to self-governance, cognitive science of strategic behavior
 
Graf Estes, KatieInfants and young childrenBehaviorLanguage development, bilingualism, developmental psychologySpanish knowledge is a plus. And likes children.
Gurkoff, GeneRodentsInvasive neurobiologytraumatic brain injury, epilepsy, memory, plasticityStudent would work with epileptic animals and learn MATLAB programming
Huo, Meng Older adultsBehavior, biomarkersEmpathy, altruism, social relationships, health, gerontology
It would be great if the student was in particular interested in gerontology or even better, had some experience working with older adults.
Huskey, RichardNeurotypical adultsBehavior, neuroimaging, EEG
Communication, Motivation and Cognitive Control, Naturalistic Neuroimaging
 
Jasbi, MasoudNeurotypical adults and childrenBehavior, computational modelsThe Development of Logical Thought and Language, Comprehension of Logical Language in Children and Adults, Computational Models of Human Language Learning
Preliminary Knowledge of R/Python and Github preferred but not necessary, Background in Data Analysis or Natural Language Processing is helpful  
Liu, Siwei Statistical modelsStatistical modeling of behavioral data
Methods to analyze longitudinal data and their applications in developmental and health psychology
 
Miller, LeeNeurotypical adultsEEG, behavior, eye tracking, neuroimagingAuditory perception and speech recognition
Looking for a student with exceptional computational/programming or mathematical skills, and an interest in applying those to real-world devices and diagnostics
Morgan, EmilyNeurotypical adultsBehavior, computational modelsLanguage, music, programming languages 
Munakata, YukoNeurotypical childrenBehavior, EEG, computational modelsDevelopment of cognitive control 
Ranganath, CharanNeurotypical adultsNeuroimaging, EEG, behaviorNeural basis of memory 
Rhemtulla, MijkeStatistical modelsStatistical modeling of behavioral data
Statistical models; psychological measurement; psychological methods
 
Talbott, MeaganAutistic childrenBehaviorGesture and language development, early identification and treatment of ASD, and telehealth approaches to evaluating infant development and treatment efficacyBased in Sacramento. Must be able to come in person at least one day a week. 
Wiltgen, BrianRodentsInvasive neurobiologyNeurobiology of learning and memory 
Yoneda, TikoOlder adultsBehaviorRole of personality in health and aging