Project Directors
Nancy McElwain
Human Development and Family Studies
Mark Hasegawa-Johnson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project Coordinators and Research Assistants
Jordan Bodway
Project Manager
Clara Yen
Baby Cues Project Coordinator (2025-2026)
Lizeth Sepulveda
Baby Cues Project Coordinator (2025-2026)
Beverly Bolster
Baby Rhythms Project Coordinator (2025-2026)
Emma Killian
Baby Rhythms Project Research Assistant
Collaborators
Dr. Hannah Apsley
Beckman-Brown Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Bashima Islam
Assistant Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Dr. Matthew Krafczyk
Research Scientist at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Dr. Ashutosh Dhekne, Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Students
Jiaxuan Zhang
Human Development and Family Studies
Jonah Cadena-Perena
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kexin Hu
Human Development and Family Studies
Mohammad Nur Hossain Khan
Electrical and Computer Engineering at WPI
Subrata Biswas
Electrical and Computer Engineering at WPI
Xulin Fan
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yegu Sanjana Annamalai
Computer Science
Undergraduate Students
Ally Saed – Molecular and Cellular Biology
Chloe Tang – Human Development and Family Studies
Kathleen Werynsk – Molecular & Cellular Biology
Kathryn Kennedy – Molecular and Cellular Biology
Liz George – Integrative Biology (Honors)
Madison King – Psychology
Minhee Cho – Psychology
Praise Kim – Brain and Cognitive Science
Sahasra Kosuri – Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Solji Pak – Psychology & Communications