Graduate Students

 

Graduate Students

Brooke E. Franklin, B.S.

B.S. in Business Administration, Black Hills State University

 

Email: bfranklin3@uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Therese Kosten

Research Interests: substance use, affective disorders, neuroimmunology, behavioral pharmacology

 

 

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Laura A. Greenwald, B.A.

B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy (Honors), University of Texas at Austin

 

Email: lagreen3@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Borjon

Research Interests: attachment, language development

 

 

Ksenia Kharitonova

B.A, Linguistics, Chelyabinsk State University

M.A, Linguistics, Chelyabinsk State University

M.A, Developmental, Cognitive, & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Houston

 

Email: kskharit@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko

Research Interests: literacy development, developmental laguage disorder, large-scale assessments, psychometrics, individual differences

 

Haley Laughlin, M.A.

B.A. in Psychology, University of Iowa

M.A. in Psychology, University of Houston

 

Email: hmlaughl@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Johanna Bick

Research Interests: neurodevelopment, experience, cognition, prematurity, EEG

 

 

Giang Xuan Le

B.S. in Biochemistry and Psychology (double major), University of Houston

M.A. in DCBN, University of Houston

 

Email: gxle@uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Hanako Yoshida

Research Interests: eye-tracking, infant attention, visual statistical learning, object recognition, parent-child play

 

Leandro (Leo) M. Ledesma, B.S.

B.S. in Psychology, University of Houston

 

Email: lledesma@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko

Research Interests: psychometrics, cognitive neuroscience, neurodevelopment, developmental disabilities, EEG

 

 

Kaitlyn M. Little, B.S.

B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience, St. Edward's University

 

 

Email: kmlittle2@uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Therese Kosten

Research Interests: substance use, behavioral pharmacology, pain, sex differences

 

 

Rozma Lodi

B.S., Psychology, University of Dhaka

M.S., Psychology, University of Dhaka

 

Email: rlodi@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau

Research Interests: Visual attention, visual working memory, attentional template, feature-binding, attentional control 

 

Ilia Markov, M.A.

B.A. in Linguistics; M.A. in Linguistics, Chelyabinsk State University

M.A. in Psychology, University of Houston

 

Email: imarkov@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko

Research Interests: language origin, language evolution, linguistic diversity, psychometrics, individual differences

 

 

Brittany Maleia Miller

B.S. in Psychology, Prairie View A&M University 

 

Email: bmmille5@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko

Research Interests: Autism, Sex differences, cognitive performance, social development

 

Cesar R. Molina, M.S.

B.A. in Psychology, University of Santiago de Chile

M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Chile

M.S. in Neuropsychology, University of Salamanca, Spain

 

Email: crmolina@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Arturo Hernandez

Research Interests: bilingualism, cognitive neuropsychology, dementias, psycholinguistics

 

 

Sara A. Paredes, M.A.

B.A. in Psychology, National Autonomous University of Honduras

M.A. in Educational Psychology, Kent State University

M.A. in Psychology, University of Houston

 

Email: saparede@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Hanako Yoshida

Research Interests: eye-tracking, parent-child play, infant attention, parental speech, culture

 

 

Elizabeth Perkovich, M.A.

B.S. in Psychology, University of Houston

M.A. in Psychology, University of Houston

 

Email: esperkov@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Hanako Yoshida

Research Interests: eye-tracking, autism, parent-child play, EEG, attention

 

 

Evelyn D. Rodarte, M.A.

B.A in Cognitive Science and Psychology, University of California Merced

M.A in Psychology, Universtiy of Houston

 

Email: edrodart@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Arturo Hernandez

Research Interests: bilingualism, language processing, cognitive development, cognition, SES

 

 

Ayesha Sultana, M.Sc

B.A. in Psychology (Minor in IT), International Islamic University of Malaysia

M.Sc. in Health Psychology, University of Southampton

 

Email: asultana5@uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Jason Griffin

Research Interests: autism, social perception, EEG, eye-tracking

 

 

Yinan Xu, M.A.

B.S. in Psychology, University of Washington

M.A. in Psychology, University of Houston

 

Email: yxu36@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. Arturo Hernandez

Research Interests: bilingualism, reinforcement learning, language processing, cognitive neuroscience, aging 

 

 

Vadym Zhyrov, M.S.

M.S. in Psychology, Southern New Hampshire University

 

Email: vzhyrov@cougarnet.uh.edu

Advisor: Dr. J. Leigh Leasure

Research Interests: exercise, stress, health neuroscience, affective disorders, alcohol

 

 
 

2023 COHORT

Brooke Franklin
Advisor:  Therese Kosten

Kseniia Kharitonova
Advisor:  Elena Grigorenko 

Angeliki Mavrantza
Advisor:  Benjamin Tamber-Roseneau 

Brittany Miller
Advisor:  Elena Grigorenko

2022 COHORT

Haley Laughlin
Advisor:  Johanna Bick

Leandro Ledesma
Advisor:  Elena Grigorenko

Kaitlyn Little
Advisor:  Therese Kosten 

Sara Paredes Raquel
Advisor:  Hanako Yoshida 

Evelyn Rodarte
Advisor:  Arturo Hernandez

Parsa Taheri
Advisor:  Johanna Bick

2021 COHORT

Alaska Beck
Advisor:  Leigh Leasure 

Elizabeth Perkovich
Advisor:  Hanako Yoshida 

Yinan Xu
Advisor:  Arturo Hernandez

2020 COHORT

Christina Griep
Advisor:  Hanako Yoshida

Lillian Jackson
Advisor:  Beau Alward

Hechmi Kilani
Advisor:  Elena Grigorenko

Giang Le
Advisor:  Hanako Yoshida

Marian Lopez
Advisor:  Beau Alward

Ilya Markov
Advisor:  Elena Grigorenko

Livia Merrill
Advisor:  Johanna Bick

My Nguyen
Advisor:  Arturo Hernandez

Keith Racioppo
Advisor:  Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau 

2019 COHORT

Kevin Gehm
Advisor:  Leigh Leasure

Caitlin Kennedy
Advisor:  Leigh Leasure

Shutian Shen
Advisor:  Johanna Bick

2018 COHORT

Tres Bodet
Advisor:  Arturo Hernandez

Diana Bravo
Advisor:  Leigh Leasure

Keely McGrew
Advisor:  Therese Kosten

Irina Ovchinnikova
Advisor:  Elena Grigorenko

Hailey Walters
Advisor:  Therese Kosten

Harun Yörük
Advisor: Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau