Team Members

Koeun Choi

Assistant Professor
email: koeun@vt.edu
www: https://koeunchoi.github.io/
CV: http://kchoi.org/files/ChoiCV.pdf

Shuqi Yu

Graduate Student; Graduate Research Assistant
email: shuqi@vt.edu
www: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-human-development-and-family-science/academic-programs/hdfs-graduate-students/Shuqi-Yu.html

• Ph.D. Student in HDFS (Advisor - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Mahmut Sami Gürdal

Graduate Student; Graduate Research Assistant
email: msgurdal@vt.edu
www: https://mahmutgurdal.github.io/

• Ph.D. Student in HDFS (Advisors - Dr. Koeun Choi, Dr. Cynthia Smith)

Meryem Şeyda Özcan

Visiting Graduate Researcher
email: mzayim17@ku.edu.tr
www: <>

• Ph.D. Student in Psychology at Koç University (Visiting Scholar Faculty Sponsor - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Sulakna Karunaratna

Graduate Student
email: sulaknak@vt.edu
www: <>

• M.S. Student in Computer Science (Advisors - Dr. Sang Won Lee, Dr. Koeun Choi)

Jing Chen

Graduate Student; Graduate Research Assistant
email: cjing98@vt.edu
www: <>

• Ph.D. Student in HDFS (Advisor - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Dr. Carla Macias

Postdoctoral Fellow
email: cm1172@scarletmail.rutgers.edu
www: <>

• National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (Faculty Primary Sponsor - Dr. Kimele Persaud, Faculty Co-Sponsor - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Rahul Bhamidipati

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Developer), Fall 2022; Fall 2023 - Present
email: rahulnb@vt.edu

• Senior (Major - Computer Engineering)

Hailey Annibell

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Spring 2024 - Present
email: hrannibell23@vt.edu

• Freshman (Major - Computer Science)

Maya Thomas

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Present
email: mayat22@vt.edu

• Junior (Major - Human Development)

Nithya Ramani

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Present
email: rnithya@vt.edu

• Sophomore (Major - Computational Systems Neuroscience, Minor - Data and Decisions)

Kathryn Seiple

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Present
email: kseiple26@vt.edu

• Junior (Major - Psychology, Minor - Adaptive Brain and Behavior)

Erin Wade

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Present
email: erinw03@vt.edu

• Senior (Major - Psychology, Minor - Disability Studies)

Herminio Giron

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Fall 2024 - Present
email: herminio@vt.edu

• Junior (Major - Clinical Neuroscience)

Jisun Kim

Graduate Student - Fall 2020 - Summer 2024
email: jisunk@vt.edu
www: https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-human-development-and-family-science/academic-programs/hdfs-graduate-students/Jisun-Kim.html

• Ph.D. (Advisor - Dr. Koeun Choi)
• Postdoctoral Researcher in Human Development and Family Science at Purdue University

Eunkyung Lucy Shin

Graduate Research Assistant - Fall 2018; Spring, Summer, Fall 2019; Spring 2020
email: shinek@vt.edu
www: https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/people-directory/postdoctoral-associates/shin.html

• Ph.D. (Advisor - Dr. Cindy Smith)
• Postdoctoral Associate at the Fralin Biomedical Research Center at VTC

Jessica Resor

Graduate Research Assistant - Fall 2019; Spring, Summer, 2020
email: jmresor@vt.edu
www: https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/hdgradstudents/meet-our-graduate-students/2018-cohort/

• Ph.D. (Advisor - Dr. Erika Grafsky)

Maddie Toman

Graduate Research Assistant - Fall 2022; Spring 2023
email: maddie99@vt.edu
www: <>

• Ph.D. Student (Advisor - Dr. Rose Wesche)