Team Members

Koeun Choi

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

Jisun Kim

Graduate Student
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. Student (Advisor - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Shuqi Yu

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 (Advisor - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Mahmut Sami Gürdal

Graduate Student
email: msgurdal@vt.edu
www: https://bit.ly/msgurdal

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

Meryem Şeyda Özcan

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

• Ph.D. Student

Rahul Bhamidipati

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

• (Major - Computer Engineering)

Bryce McBain

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Fall 2023 - Present
email: bryce21@vt.edu

• Junior (Major - Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology; Minor - Adaptive Brain and Behavior)

Alethia Holstein

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Field Study) - Fall 2023 - Present
email: alethiamarie@vt.edu

• Senior (Major - Human Development, Psychology; Minor - Adaptive Brain and Behavior)

Ilan Litvak

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Fall 2023 - Present
email: ilanl22@vt.edu

• Sophomore (Major - Biological Sciences, Pre-Med)

Bailey Vaughn

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Fall 2023 - Present
email: bcv380@vt.edu

• Junior (Major - Psychology)

Alia Konold

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Fall 2023 - Present
email: akonold@vt.edu

• Sophomore (Major - Biochemistry; Minor - Disability Studies)

Junwoo Seo

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

• Junior (Major - Computational Modelling and Data Analytics; Minor - Computer Science, Math)

Hailey Annibell

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

• Freshman (Major - Computer Science)

Monika Khadka

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Spring 2024 - Present
email: mkhad3@vt.edu

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)