Team Members

Koeun Choi

Assistant Professor
email: koeun@vt.edu
www: https://koeunchoi.github.io/
CV: https://koeunchoi.github.io/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. Carolyn Shivers; Co-Chair - Dr. Koeun Choi)

Maddie Toman

Graduate Research Assistant
email: maddie99@vt.edu
www: <>

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

Mahmut Sami Gürdal

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

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

Jordan Teel

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: jteel@vt.edu

• Fall 2021-Present, Senior (Major - Clinical Neuroscience; Minor - Spanish)

Yullie Kwak

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: yulliek@vt.edu

• Fall 2021, Spring, Summer 2022-Present, Senior (Major - Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience, Human Development; Minor - Psychology, Adaptive Brain and Behavior)

Laura Zhang Zhang

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: laurazhang@vt.edu

• Spring, Summer 2022-Present, Senior (Major - Human Development)

Sebastian Ballesteros

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Field Study)
email: sebastianb@vt.edu

• Fall 2022-Present, Junior (Major - Human Development)

Angel Appiadu-Manu

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: appiadumanuangel@vt.edu

• Fall 2022-Present, Senior (Major - Biochemistry; Minor - French)

Alina Tseng

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: alinawt@vt.edu

• Fall 2022-Present, Senior (Major - Human Development; Minor - Psychology, Human Computer Interaction)

Maggie Ashley

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: maggieashley@vt.edu

• Fall 2022-Present, Junior (Major - Human Development)

Zainab Shamim

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: zainab@vt.edu

• Fall 2022-Present, Senior (Major - English, Literature Track; Minor - Psychology)

Yilin Liu

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Developer)
email: liupp@vt.edu

• Fall 2022-Present, Senior (Major - Computer Engineering)

Rahul Bhamidipati

Undergraduate Research Assistant (Developer)
email: rahulnb@vt.edu

• Fall 2022(Major - Computer Engineering)

Lauren Meier

Undergraduate Research Assistant
email: lmeier23@vt.edu

• Spring2023-Present, Senior (Major - Clinical Neuroscience and Psychology)

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)