{"id":33,"date":"2016-06-20T18:28:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/purdueaphasia.dev\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:05:57","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tOur Team\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tPrincipal Investigator\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/jiyeon-300x300.png\" alt=\"Dr. Lee\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" title=\"jiyeon\" loading='lazy' \/>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/directory\/jiyeon-lee\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jiyeon Lee, PhD, CCC-SLP<\/a><\/h3>\n\t<p>Jiyeon Lee is a Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/slhs\/\">Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences<\/a>\u00a0and the director of the Aphasia Recovery Lab at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/\">Purdue University<\/a>. She received her PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Northwestern University with clinical training in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified speech-language pathologist and teaches courses on aphasia, age-related changes in communication, and speech-language disorders in healthcare settings.<\/p>\n <a href=\"mailto:lee1704@purdue.edu\"> <strong>Email:<\/strong> lee1704@purdue.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:7654943810\"><strong>Office Number:<\/strong> (765) 494-3810<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/directory\/jiyeon-lee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Purdue Faculty Website <\/strong> <\/a> \n<h2>\n\t\t\tPostdoctoral Fellow\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Catherine_Fall2024-e1723822673185.jpg\" alt=\"Catherine Pham\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/directory\/catherine-pham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catherine Pham, PhD <\/a><\/h3>\n<p> <strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Language production in typical speakers, language learners, and clinical populations, syntactic priming, network science, and collaborative language use. <\/p>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ctpham@purdue.edu\"> ctpham@purdue.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsites.google.com%2Fview%2Fcpham%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cebauman%40purdue.edu%7Ce477ef30bdb3403b24f208dcbe0cece7%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638594209923945612%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=lnplBy8Lw5uLDAynGc0NqZP50%2F4QxMsil06jiyZmR4s%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Personal Website<\/strong> <\/a>\n\n<h2>\n\t\t\tResearch Associate \/ Speech-Language Pathologist\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Emily-edit-scaled-e1671131275198-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/directory\/emily-bauman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emily Bauman, M.S., CCC-SLP<\/a><\/h3>\n<p> <strong>Clinical and Research Interests:<\/strong> adult neurogenic disorders including aphasia and traumatic brain injury.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"mailto:ebauman@purdue.edu&quot;\"> <strong>Email:<\/strong> ebauman@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tPhD Students\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Peng_Lab-Picture-e1693918117180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/directory\/peng-zhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peng Zhang, M.A.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n <strong> Received M.A. in Linguistics<br \/>\nPursuing: PhD in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Research interests:<\/strong> Sentence processing, language-specific treatment for aphasia, assessment of language production in aphasia, bilingual aphasia<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:zhan5041@purdue.edu\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> zhan5041@purdue.edu <\/a> \n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sally-Nov-2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/hhs.purdue.edu\/directory\/sein-sally-min\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sein &#8220;Sally&#8221; Min, M.S., CCC-SLP <\/a><\/h3>\n\n<strong> Received M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology<br \/>\nPursuing: PhD in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Research interests:<\/strong> Bilingual aphasia, acquired reading impairment, syntactic &amp; morphological recovery, implicit language processing.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:min116@purdue.edu\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> min116@purdue.edu<\/a> \n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alton.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Alton Chao, B.S.<\/h3>\n\n<strong> Received B.S. in Computer Science &amp; Engineering<br \/>\nPursuing: PhD in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Research interests:<\/strong> Large Language Models (LLMs) in aphasia research &amp; recovery, language changes across the lifespan<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:chao97@purdue.edu\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> chao97@purdue.edu<\/a> \n<h2>\n\t\t\tGraduate Students\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ivan_cropped_2025.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ivan Vanek, B.S., B.A.<\/h3>\n\n<strong> Received B.S. in Neuroscience and BAs in French Language and Linguistics<br \/>\nPursuing: MS in Speech Language Pathology<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Research interests:<\/strong> Syntax and neurogenic language disorders<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ivanek@purdue.edu\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> ivanek@purdue.edu<\/a> \n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zhien-Zhang_2025_scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Zhien Zhang, B.S., B.A.<\/h3>\n\n<strong> Received: B.S. in Cognitive Science &amp; B.A. in Linguistics<br \/>\nPursuing: MA in Speech Language Pathology at San Diego State University<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Research interests:<\/strong> Bilingual aphasia and language representation in the brain.<br \/>\n<a href=\"zhan6034@purdue.edu\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> zhan6034@purdue.edu <\/a> \n<h2>\n\t\t\tUndergraduate Students\t<\/h2>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Rachel-e1693330672110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Rachel Ellis<\/h3>\n\n <strong> Pursuing: B.S. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Megan-B-e1693330845668.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Megan Bogemann<\/h3>\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Divya-e1723728558972.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Divya Manvikar<\/h3>\n\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Allison_Spring2025_scaled.jpg\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Allison Weber<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Speech, Language, &amp; Hearing Sciences and Psychology at Purdue University<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Brooklyn-S-Website-Photo-Updated.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Brooklyn Stout<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Speech Language &amp; Hearing Sciences at Purdue University<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Leah-Cave-Website-Photo-Updated-Cropped.png\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Leah Cave<\/h3>\n\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Speech Language &amp; Hearing Sciences at Purdue University<\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Abby-Bolton_2025_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Abby Bolton<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University <\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Marissa_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Marissa Killion<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University <\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lourdes_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Lourdes Segura<\/h3>\n\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and Spanish at Purdue University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rachel-T_Fall-2025_cropped.png\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Rachel Turner<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Grace-Ko_10.2025_scaled.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Grace Ko<\/h3>\n\n <strong>Pursuing: B.A. in Communication Sciences at Case Western Reserve University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/anshika_2026_cropped.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Anshika Varshney<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Psychological Sciences at Purdue University<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rachel-Wei_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Rachel Wei <\/h3>\n\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Biology at Purdue University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Henry_2026_cropped-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Henry Chandler<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.A. in Linguistics and B.S. in UX Design at Purdue University<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Monish_2026_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Monish Ramesh Jayakumar<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Computer Sciences at Purdue University <\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_2026_cropped2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Jacob Kovalski<\/h3>\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Neurobiology and Physiology at Purdue University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Naitik_2026_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Naitik Rambhia<\/h3>\n <strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Computer Science at Purdue University <\/strong><br \/>\n\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sunay_2026_cropped2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Sunay Konnur<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Computer Sciences at Purdue University <\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Alexia_2026_cropped.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Alexia del Cuvillo<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pursuing: B.S. in Computer Engineering at Purdue University <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tLab Alumni\t<\/h3>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPost-Doctorate Fellows \t<\/h3>\n\t Willem van Boxtel, Ph.D. (2022-2024), Currently Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University<br \/>\n Joshua Weirick, Ph.D. (2021-2023), Currently Sr. Editor at Digitive<br \/>\n  \n<h3>\n\t\t\tGraduate Students \t<\/h3>\n\tGrace Man, PhD, CCC-SLP<br \/>\n Austin Keen, MS<br \/>\n Hannah Brownd, MS<br \/>\n  Emily Hosokawa, MS, CCC-SLP<br \/>\n Jennifer Fredrick, MS, CCC-SLP<br \/>\n Jessica Dick, MS, CCC-SLP<br \/>\n  Briana Cox, MS, CCC-SLP\n<h3>\n\t\t\tUndergraduate Students and Research Assistants\t<\/h3>\n\tKelsey Olsen<br \/>\nPaayal Surani<br \/>\nAlexander Lertola<br \/>\nKatie O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nMacaela Parker<br \/>\nCourtney Case<br \/>\nAlayna Ging<br \/>\nJessica Fang<br \/>\nJenna Scheumann<br \/>\nLinnea Rohrsen<br \/>\nHannah Haworth<br \/>\n\n\tMegan Pentecost<br \/>\nJoslyn Burke<br \/>\nKrista Riegsecker<br \/>\nDaphne Peter<br \/>\nMegan Parke<br \/>\nLeyna Schroeder<br \/>\nElly Farr<br \/>\nMikahla Combs<br \/>\nRen\u00e9e Kohlmeier<br \/>\nEmily Clark<br \/>\nLily Haven\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\tMichael Linge<br \/>\nRylee Manning<br \/>\nNadia Seye<br \/>\nLauren Isaacson<br \/>\nKea Char<br \/>\nMaddie Bailey<br \/>\nElle Plucinsky<br \/>\nPriya Halder<br \/>\nGianna Imbarrato<br \/>\nParker Davis<br \/>\nMcKenna Boersma<br \/>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\tGrace Carlson<br \/>\nKatelin Rainey<br \/>\nJieun Kim<br \/>\nIris Lee<br \/>\nAva Rose<br \/>\nCali Petersen<br \/>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Team Principal Investigator Jiyeon Lee, PhD, CCC-SLP Jiyeon Lee is a Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences\u00a0and the director of the Aphasia Recovery Lab at\u00a0Purdue University. She received her PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Northwestern University with clinical training in Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified speech-language pathologist and teaches courses&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/our-team\/\">Continue Reading<span> Our Team<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-builder.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-33","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"override"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":282,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2836,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/2836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hhs\/slhs\/aphasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}