People
Assistant Professor
Role: Director
Research Interests: Gene-environment interplay, prenatal experiences, physiological responses to stress, pubertal development, parenting and parent-child relationships, development of behavior problems and substance use
Current Graduate Students
Role: Tara is a fifth-year graduate research assistant
Research Interests: Tara is interested in psychological resilience in minority populations and those at socioeconomic and cultural disadvantages, and the link between family environment factors (particularly parenting) and resilient outcomes in youth from high-risk communities.
Current Projects in the BDL: Tara is expanding her focus to understand the role of puberty for adolescent adjustment. She is leading the AgSEED project and a meta-analysis on secular trends in pubertal timing.
Advisor: Drs. Zoe Taylor and Kristine Marceau
Funding: Tara is funded in part by Dr. Marceau’s K01 grant.
Role : Olivia is a third-year graduate research assistant
Research Interests: Olivia is interested in stress response system programming, prenatal experiences and pubertal development. She is also interested in incorporating biomarker data and utilizing genetically informed designs in her work.
Current Projects in the BDL: Olivia is leading data collection on the non-pregnant sample of MCPP, and working on data management, cleaning, and preparation for EGDS and MCPP hormones.
Advisor: Dr. Kristine Marceau
Funding: Olivia is funded by Dr. Marceau’s R01 grant.
Amy Loviska
Role: Amy is a first-year graduate research assistant
Research Interests:
Current Projects in the BDL: Amy is interested in hormonal and genetic influences, particularly the interactions with social experiences (parental and peer relationships, social media), on adulthood outcomes in identity, affect, and behavior (externalizing behavior and substance use). They are interested in times of hormonal transition, such as puberty and pregnancy, as well as the prenatal environment.
Advisor: Drs. Kristine Marceau and Valerie Knopik
Funding: Amy is funded by Dr. Marceau’s K01 grant.
Nikolina Nonkovic
Role: Nikolina is a first-year graduate research assistant
Research Interests:
Current Projects in the BDL:
Advisor: Drs. Kristine Marceau and Valerie Knopik
Funding: Nikolina is funded by Dr. Marceau’s K01 grant.
Li Yu
Role: Li is a first-year graduate research assistant
Research Interests: Li is interested in the interactive roles of biological and environmental factors in adolescent development problems (e.g., substance use). She is also interested in body image-related problems during adolescence.
Current Projects in the BDL:
Advisor: Drs. Kristine Marceau and Valerie Knopik
Funding: Li is funded by Dr. Knopik.
Graduate Student Alumni
Emily Rolan
Emily graduated with her PhD in May, 2020. She is currently a Post-doc at Michigan State University with Drs. Kelly Klump and Kristin Culbert.
Gregor Horvath
Gregor graduated with his MS in May, 2020. He is currently a Research Associate at Rogers Behavioral Health in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Aura Mishra
Aura graduated with her PhD in August, 2020. She is currently a Post-doc at the University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill with Dr.s Kathleen Mullan Harris, Carolyn Halpern, and Allison Aiell.
Undergraduate Students
*Poster Presenter; +Paper coauthor
Current Students
Elsa Johnson
Sarah Arnold
Sarah Jackson, Summer Stay Scholar
Julia Kramper
Elena Stanczykiewicz
Madi Gritton
Alumni
Savannah Hottle*+, Biology, 9 semesters: Summer 2017-Spring 2020
Katarina Wujek, Biology, 5 semesters: Spring 2018-Spring 2020
Alishia Elliot, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 3 semesters: Spring 2018-Spring 2020
Radhika Sahai, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Summer Stay Scholar, 3 semesters: Summer 2019-Spring 2020
Annie Thompson, HDFS data mine, 2 semesters: Fall 2019-Fall 2020
Maya Kumar*, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 3 semesters: Fall 2018-Fall 2019
Kayla Stradford*, Biology- Genetics, Summer Stay Scholar, 4 semesters: Summer 2018-Spring 2019
Shuyu Gao*, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 3 semesters: Summer 2018-Spring 2019
Brittany Gelhausen, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 3 semesters: Summer 2018-Spring 2019
Laura Galles*, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 3 semesters: Spring 2018-Fall 2019
Alyssa Gorzelnik, HDFS data mine, 1 semester: Fall 2019
Claire Demerly, HDFS data mine, 1 semester: Fall 2019
Rosie Mannin+, HDFS, 3 semesters: Spring 2017-Spring 2018
Olivia Clem*, Psychological Sciences, OUR Scholar, 4 semesters: Fall 2017-Spring 2018.
Harlie Lane*, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, OUR Scholar, 3 semesters: Summer 2017-Spring 2018
Shreya Swaminathan, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 2 semesters: Spring 2018-Fall 2018
Emily Field, Nursing, 2 semesters: Spring 2017-Fall 2017
Heather Lange, Psychological Sciences, 2 semesters: Summer 2017-Fall 2017
