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

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 COHORTBrooke Franklin Kseniia Kharitonova Angeliki Mavrantza Brittany Miller |
2022 COHORTHaley Laughlin Leandro Ledesma Kaitlyn Little Sara Paredes Raquel Evelyn Rodarte Parsa Taheri |
2021 COHORTAlaska Beck Elizabeth Perkovich Yinan Xu |
2020 COHORTChristina Griep Lillian Jackson Hechmi Kilani Giang Le Marian Lopez Ilya Markov Livia Merrill My Nguyen Keith Racioppo |
2019 COHORTKevin Gehm Caitlin Kennedy Shutian Shen |
2018 COHORTTres Bodet Diana Bravo Keely McGrew Irina Ovchinnikova Hailey Walters Harun Yörük |