Our Team
Graduate Students
Nicholas Pepe
Nicholas Pepe is a fifth year Cognitive Science student. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Saint Joseph’s College and received his M.A. in Psychology from the Experimental Psychology Program at Long Island University. His current research focuses on cultural effects on retrieval disruption.
Tori Peña
Tori Peña is a third year Cognitive Science student. She received her B.S. in Psychology and Biological Anthropology from Binghamton University in 2018. Her current research focuses on understanding the nuances of the effects of retrieval disruption on recall.
Garrett Greeley
Garrett Greeley is a second year Cognitive Science student. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Winona State University in 2018. He is interested in researching the ways in which memory influences decision making and problem solving in collaborative contexts.
Daisy Alejandra Estrada
Alejandra Estrada is a first year doctoral student in the Cognitive Science program. She has received her B.A. in Psychology and History from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2020. Her current research focuses on culture and collective memory.
Project Coordinators
Melissa Chen
Melissa is currently a junior majoring in psychology and health science. Her hobbies include playing the guitar and travelling. In the past, she was involved in sleep research at NYU Langone and now she is both a project coordinator and a research assistant in our lab.
Mili Shah
Mili is currently a senior psychology major on the pre-medicine track with a minor in chemistry. She has been inducted into the chemistry and psychology honor societies. She is heavily involved on campus through her sorority and the art club.
Christine Chan
Christine is currently a senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Her hobbies include playing badminton, basketball, reading, and traveling. Post-graduation, she hopes to pursue a graduate degree in psychology, social work, or education.
Research Assistants
Vanessa Chan
Vanessa is currently a junior at Stony Brook. She is a biology major on the pre-health track with a minor in Health and Wellness. Her hobbies include reading, photography, and traveling.
Kylon Coombs
Kylon is a biology major with a minor in chemistry on a pre-med track. His hobbies include xbox, movies, and exercising at the gym. He loves the movies so much that he even has an AMC membership.
Lobsang Dolma
Lobsang is currently a junior at SBU majoring in Psychology and minoring in Writing and Rhetoric on the pre-vet track. Her hobbies including reading, painting, hiking, and meditating.
Jiajun Li
Jiajun is currently a sophomore at SBU and is majoring in Psychology and Business. Some of his hobbies include biking, hiking, music, and soccer. Jianjun is particularly Interested in studying memory and social psychology.
Jasmine Mui
Jasmine is currently a sophomore majoring in biology. Her hobbies include trying new foods and painting. Jasmine is also a public relations officer in the Chinese Association at Stony Brook (CASB).
Sara Samad
Sara is a Sophomore at SBU and is currently majoring in Psychology for a B.S. degree. Her other work includes the PreMed Society and Division of Information Technology. Sara’s hobbies include watching movies in Bryant Park on Thursdays in the summer.
Weiye Yuan
Weiye is a recent SBU graduate who majored.in Psychology and minored in anthropology. She likes knitting, singing and traveling. She was previously an advertiser at the International Student Organization.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisees
- Yolanda Whitner, 2011
- Ethan Fox, 2009
- Kayla Young, 2009
- Sarika Saxena, 2008
- Richard Delaney, 1999
- Neil Resnick, 1994
- Monica Swahn, 1993
Lab Graduate Alumni
- Raeya Maswood, Ph.D. 2020
- Akos Szekely, Ph.D. 2018
- Hae-Yoon Choi, Ph.D. 2015
- Sarah Pociask, Ph.D, 2015
- Adam Congleton, Ph.D., 2012
- Bavani Paneerselvam, M.S., 2011
- Sarah Barber, Ph.D., 2010
- Helena Blumen, Ph.D., 2008
- Luciane Pereira-Pasarin, Ph.D., 2007
- Stephanie Travers, Ph.D., 2003
- Lisa Geraci, Ph.D., 2001
- Maryellen Hamilton, Ph.D., 1999
- Danielle Culp, M.A., 1999
- Jonathan Holmes, Ph.D., 1994
International Visiting Doctoral Scholars
- Guido D’Angelo (University of Bari, Italy)
- Celia Harris (Macquarie University, Australia)
Former NSF/REU Students
- Annesta Batuwangala
- Yvonne Chanda
- Jenny Chen
- Ivy Wu
NSF-Funded SUNY AGEP Summer Research Institute for Underrepresented Students
- Alysia Forster
NIMH/MARC (Minority Access to Research Career) Undergraduate Fellow
- Monica Jefferson
