Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
Yuto Aki, M.A.
B.A., Law, Keio University
M.A., Applied Linguistics, Tohoku University
Email: yaki@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Arturo Hernandez
Research Interests: Adult second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, language and thought, cognition and emotion, fMRI
Alper Artan, B.A.
B.S., Psychology, Middle East Technical University
Email: aartan@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Tamber-Roseanu
Research Interests: visual working memory, cognitive neuroscience, visual cognition
Abigail Frankenberg, B.A.
B.A., Neuroscience & Behavior, Wesleyan University
B.A., English, Wesleyan University
Email: afranken@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jason Griffin
Research Interests: Autism, neurodevelopment, language, EEG, eye-tracking
Brooke E. Franklin, B.S.
B.S., Business Administration, Black Hills State University
Email: bfranklin3@uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Therese Kosten
Research Interests: substance use, affective disorders, neuroimmunology, behavioral pharmacology
Callie Istre, B.S.
B.S., Psychology (Minor in Painting and Drawing, Louisiana State University)
Email: ckistre@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jason Griffin
Research Interests: Autism, developmental disabilities, EEG, eye-tracking, high-risk siblings
Ksenia Kharitonova, M.A.
B.A.; M.A., Linguistics, Chelyabinsk State University
M.A, Psychology, 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
Hechmi Kilani, M.A.
B.A., Psychology, University of Houston
M.A., Psychology, University of Houston
Email: mhkilani@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko
Research Interests: Child development, kindergarten readiness, digital media use, tech policy and safeguards
Haley Laughlin, M.A.
B.A., Psychology, University of Iowa
M.A., Psychology, University of Houston
Email: hmlaughl@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Johanna Bick
Research Interests: neurodevelopment, experience, cognition, prematurity, EEG
Giang Xuan Le, M.A.
B.S., Biochemistry and Psychology (double major), University of Houston
M.A., Psychology, 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., 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., 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, M.S.
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.; M.A., Linguistics, Chelyabinsk State University
M.A., Psychology, University of Houston
Email: imarkov@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko
Research Interests: language origin, language evolution, linguistic diversity, psychometrics, individual differences
Sarah Alyssa Martinez, M.S.
B.S., Neuroscience, Texas A&M University
M.S., Psychology, Texas A&M International University
Email: samart59@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Johanna Bick
Research Interests: neurodevelopment, EEG, learning, attention, environmental contexts
Brookelyn Mayfield, B.Sc.
B.Sc, Psychology with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Denver
Email: bdmayfie@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Johanna Bick
Research Interests: developmental EEG, prenatal stress exposure, spectral power analyses
Gamze Mert, B.S.
B.S., Psychology, Middle Tennessee State University
Email: pgmert@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Hanako Yoshida
Research Interests: neurodiversity in children, ASD, learning, EEG, eye-tracking, attention, and the role of parent-child play in development.
Brittany Maleia Miller, B.S.
B.S., 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., Psychology, University of Santiago de Chile
M.A., Clinical Psychology, University of Chile
M.S., Neuropsychology, University of Salamanca
Email: crmolina@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Arturo Hernandez
Research Interests: bilingualism, cognitive neuropsychology, dementias, psycholinguistics
Allison Moore, B.S.
B.S., English Education, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
B.A., Psychology, University of New Mexico
Email: amoore28@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Elena Grigorenko
Research interests: how adolescents and technology interact, including AI usage.
Sara A. Paredes, M.A.
B.A., Psychology, National Autonomous University of Honduras
M.A., Educational Psychology, Kent State University
M.A., 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., Psychology, University of Houston
M.A., 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., Cognitive Science and Psychology, University of California Merced
M.A., Psychology, Universtiy of Houston
Email: edrodart@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Arturo Hernandez
Research Interests: bilingualism, language processing, cognitive development, cognition, SES
Manash Sahoo, B.S.
B.S., Psychology, Indiana University - Bloomington
Email: msahoo3@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Borjon
Research Interests: cardiovascular psychophysiology, development of visual attention, statistical methods, research software development
Ayesha Sultana, M.Sc.
B.A., Psychology (Minor in IT), International Islamic University of Malaysia
M.Sc., Health Psychology, University of Southampton
Email: asultana5@uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jason Griffin
Research Interests: autism, social perception, EEG, eye-tracking
Samuel R. Turner, B.A.
B.A., Psychology, Trinity University
Email: srturne4@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jason Griffin
Research Interests: Autism, social cognition and development, profound autism
Yinan Xu, M.A.
B.S., Psychology, University of Washington
M.A., 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., Psychology, Southern New Hampshire University
Email: vzhyrov@cougarnet.uh.edu
Advisor: Dr. J. Leigh Leasure
Research Interests: exercise, stress, health neuroscience, affective disorders, alcohol