Our Team

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Resources for current team members, including poster preparation materials and workbooks, are available here.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Wei Siong Neo is an international student from Singapore and joined the lab in 2017 as a doctoral student in clinical psychological sciences under Dr. Kelleher’s mentorship. His research and clinical interests center on enhancing understanding and early detection of autism and associated neurodevelopmental and neurogenetic disorders. By integrating multimodal psychophysiological methodologies and detailed behavioral observations, he adopts biobehavioral approaches to examine and characterize core phenotypic features of autism and developmental disabilities. Wei Siong aspires toward conducting meaningful research that informs clinical interventions and promotes optimal outcomes for children with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families.

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Kat Estrada

LABORATORY STAFF AND POST-DOCS

Kaleb Emerson joined the lab as a senior in the spring semester of 2023. He is a research technician for the WellCAST team. After the completion of WellCAST, he plans to continue his education at graduate school for a PhD in Clinical Psychology.

Elizabeth Salwitz joined the lab following her graduation from Purdue in 2023. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Brain and Behavioral Sciences and is looking to pursue further graduate school education in Counseling or Clinical Psychology. Elizabeth is a part of the WellCAST team and is so excited to be a part of the lab!

Veronika Vozka (Peskova), MS, started collaboration with Dr. Kelleher in 2020 through the PIIN Biosensors Project. Veronika joined the lab in 2021 as the Research Associate for the Wellbeing of Caregivers via Telehealth project. She earned her master’s degree in technology leadership and innovation from Purdue University. In her most recent role, Veronika is the Senior Clinical Research Associate on NIH‐funded multi‐ site R01 project WellCAST that uses personalized health technology to inform how to best remotely support caregivers and children with rare neurogenetic disorders. She is supporting the lead investigators in project design, deliverables and completion.

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Kimberly Haskett, Full-Time Staff
Orlando Hoilett, Postdoctoral Scholar

UNDERGRADUATE LAB MEMBERS

Haley Aiken joined the lab as a sophomore in the spring semester of 2022. She works as the social media intern in the lab. She is pursuing a degree in psychological sciences with a minor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies. After graduation, she intends on attending medical school with the goal of becoming a psychiatrist.

Maria Paula Armenta joined the lab as a sophomore in the spring semester of 2023 and she is part of the Biobehavioral Team, working as a Research Assistant. She is majoring in Brain and Behavioral Sciences with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies, and another minor in Biology. After graduation, she wants to go to graduate school and pursue a degree in clinical psychology and neuroscience.

Faith Anthony joined the lab in the Fall semester of 2020 in her Sophomore year. She is a Brain and Behavioral Sciences major in the college of Health and Human Sciences with a minor in Dance here at Purdue. Her role in the lab consists of communicative complexity scale coding. After completion of her undergraduate degree at Purdue, Faith hopes to get her PhD in clinical psychology specializing in treatment of those with eating disorders or personality disorders.

Sydney Bergeron joined the lab as a junior in the fall semester of 2022. She is pursuing a double major in Psychological Sciences and Human Services. After graduation, she plans on attending graduate school to get a PhD in clinical psychology. In the lab, she is involved with the WellCAST project.

Claire Blake began her involvement with the lab as a freshman in 2020. She attends Purdue striving towards a double major in Psychology and Genetic Biology. She plans to attend graduate school for Genetic Counseling and to pursue a career in the field focusing on the prenatal and child sectors. Her primary role in the lab is email correspondent for the Purdue Early Phenotype Survey.

Claire DeLaney joined the lab as a junior in the fall semester of 2023. She is a psychological sciences major with a minor in Human Development and Family Sciences. After graduation, she plans on attending graduate school to receive her PhD in clinical psychology specializing in neurodegenerative disorders. In the lab, she is involved with the WellCAST project.

Jaiden Eastom joined the lab as a freshman in the spring of 2023. She works as an undergraduate research assistant in the lab. She is pursuing a degree in chemical biology and biochemistry with a minor in psychology. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school with the intent of becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

Allison Eisenhut joined the lab in spring 2021. She is currently pursuing a double major in Psychology and Development & Family Studies. Post-graduation, she hopes to attend graduate school for child clinical psychology. Currently, Allison is working on the POcKIT project.

Eve Frank joined the lab as a sophomore in the spring semester of 2023. She works as a research assistant on the WellCAST team. She is currently majoring in psychological sciences with a minor in human development and family studies. After graduation she plans on continuing her education to work as a clinical psychologist.

Priscilla Gallardo joined the lab as a sophomore in the spring semester of 2023. In the lab, she is a part of the biobehavioral team where she works on behavioral coding for the PANDABox telehealth assessments. She is pursing a degree in Brain and Behavioral Sciences with the goal of gaining more research experience after graduation.

Meredith Hasken joined the lab in 2022 during the spring semester of her sophomore year. She is on the POcKIT and ASF teams in the lab and her main roles include packing kits and recruitment for the studies. Meredith is majoring in speech, language, and hearing sciences with intent of attending graduate school for speech pathology.

Joi Hunter joined the lab in the spring semester of 2022 in her junior year. She is a psychological sciences major and forensic sciences minor. Her role in the lab is data management, payment processing, and recruitment with the PANDABox team. Joi hopes to receive her Psy.D. in clinical psychology specializing either psychotherapy or family/marriage therapy.

Rachel Isaac is a sophomore and joined the lab in Fall 2022. She is majoring in ecology, evolution, and environmental biology with a minor in American Sign Language. In the lab she works on behavioral coding for the PANDABox telehealth assessments. After Purdue, she hopes to attend a medical scientist program, working towards becoming a pediatric surgeon.

Elizabeth Kincaid joined the lab as a sophomore in the spring semester of 2022. She is involved with the PANDABox project where she works with recruitment for the study and data entry. Elizabeth is majoring in speech, language, and hearing sciences with the goal of working in an elementary school as a speech pathologist.

Emmi Kosteba joined the lab in the spring semester of 2022 and is a part of the behavioral coding team. She is one of our lab's lead undergraduate research assistants. Emmi is majoring in speech, language, and hearing sciences with minors in psychology and human development and family studies. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school for speech language pathology.

Grace McGloin is a junior studying psychology and she is particularly interested in the intersection between psychology and physical health. She is also planning on earning a medical humanities certificate in place of a minor. She joined the lab in Fall 2022 working for the WellCAST team. After graduation, she hopes to attend an accelerated nursing program and eventually become a mental health nurse practitioner.

Aubrey McGuire joined the lab as a sophomore in Spring of 2023. She works on the Biobehavioral Team in the lab. She is pursuing a double major in Brain and Behavioral Sciences and in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school to become a physician.

Sophia Mitchell joined the lab as a freshman in the spring semester of 2022. She is on the PANDABox team and focuses on the prep and processing of home assessment kits. Sophia is studying speech, language, and hearing sciences with plans of attending graduate school for speech pathology. She hopes to work as a speech pathologist in an elementary school.

Riley Naughton joined the lab as a junior in the spring of 2023. She works as a research assistant on the WellCAST team. She is currently working toward her degree in psychological sciences with a minor in human development and family sciences. After earning her Bachelor’s, she plans to receive her doctorate and work as a clinical psychologist in academic research.

Anh Nguyen joined the lab as a junior during the spring semester of 2022. In the lab, she is on the behavioral/psychophysiological data team where she does ELAN coding, heart activity data processing, and meta-analysis data extraction. Anh is majoring in psychological sciences with a minor in human development and family studies. She plans on attending graduate school for clinical psychology.

Cassidy Poynter joined the lab as a freshman in the spring semester of 2022. She is an undergrad on the Biobehavioral team. She is majoring in Brain and Behavioral Sciences with a minor in biology and ASL and deaf studies. She hopes to attend medical school and become a neuroscientist involved in research.

Nitya Prabhakar joined the lab as a freshman in the summer of 2022. She is pursuing a double major in Psychological Sviences and Law and Society. She is also involved in Purdue Student Government as Direcotor of Diversity and Inclusion, and in alpha Kappa Delta Phi. After graduation, she hopes to join graduate school and hopefully get a PhD in either Clinical or Correctional Psychology with a focus on the Justice System. In the lab, she is involved in the WellCAST project and has worked on assigning and scoring measures, EMA data cleaning, and scheduling conflicts.

Audrey Quinn joined the lab during the spring semester of 2022 as a sophomore majoring in speech, language, and hearing sciences. She does data extraction for a mete-analysis as well as behavioral coding for the PANDABox telehealth assessments. After earning her undergraduate degree, Audrey intends on attending graduate school to become a Speech-Language Pathologist for children.

Juliann Rymarczyk is a sophomore majoring in psychological sciences and minoring in human development and family studies. She recently joined the Biobehavioral Team in the Spring 2023 semester. After she graduates, she is hoping to get her master's degree in clinical psychology and become a therapist.

Saira Shah joined the lab in summer 2022 and works on EMA tracking for project WellCAST. She is studying brain and behavioral sciences, she works at Ray W. Herrick Labs in conferences and marketing, and she is on the DEI committee for the College of Health and Human Sciences. After graduation she plans on working for the Institute of National Security while pursuing a masters in public health.

Lizzy Soller recently joined the lab as a sophomore in the 2023 Spring Semester. She works on the Biobehavioral Team to code and analyze behavioral and psychophysiological data. She is majoring in Brain and Behavioral Sciences with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies. After graduation, Lizzy plans to attend Occupational Therapy school.

Jennifer Wallner joined the lab as a sophomore in the spring semester of 2022. She is pursuing a degree in brain and behavioral sciences with an applications of data science certificate. In the lab, Jennifer cleans ECG data, works on a meta-analysis, and codes behaviors from virtual telehealth assessment videos using the ELAN application. She plans on attending graduate school after earning her undergraduate degree.

Haley Zeri joined the lab as a freshman during the spring 2022 semester. She is in the honors college studying psychological sciences and spanish. In the lab, she works on the PANDABox and ASF team where she focuses on packing and prepping home assessment kits, fidelity coding, and recruitment for studies. Haley plans on attending graduate school for clinical psychology with hopes of providing therapy to children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders or mental illnesses.

Gloria Dietz joined the lab as a senior in the summer of 2023. She works on the WellCAST team and focuses on the peer coaching aspect. She is pursuing a degree in Brain and Behavioral Sciences with minors in Electrical & Computer Engineering and English. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school for clinical psychology.

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Jacoba Babin
Kendal Clay
Athena Fordwor
Kaitlyn Gregerson
Lauren Grumbacher
Anna Guennel
Avery Kaplan
Anaey Naik
Ainsley Regner
Georgia Robinson
Adrien Senesac
Sanieh Sherrod
Danielle Wheeler
Alanna Xu
Maria Yanes

GRADUATE AND STAFF LAB ALUMNI

Meagan Carrero, Research Operations Administrator
Riley Felicicchia, Research Technician
Taylor Halligan, PhD Student
Lisa (Rague) Hamrick, PhD Student
Anita Panjwani, PhD Student
Tyra Protho, PhD Student
Christine Shin, Full-Time Staff

UNDERGRADUATE LAB ALUMNI

Omar Abdalla
Patricia Aguilar
Prathima Akella
Dina Al Ghabra
Parker Beckman
Natalie Bengert
Archita Birla
Gabrielle Bonanno
Madison Brewer
Bella Bucklew
Gabby Butler
Antonella Campos Iannnacone
Elizabeth Cowden
Cameron Dartis
Mia Delvecchio
Vedant Desai
Gretchen Eifert
Shanzeh Faisal
Riley Frye
Akio Fujita
Tessa Garwood
Sarah Gronceski
Maddie Holen
Samantha Howell
Zainab Husain
Rachel Isaac
Abigail Jutt
Emily Khoo
Doyoon Kim
Anna Kishnani
Kayla Kollmann
Ashwath Kumaravel
Yuexuan (Katherine) Lie
Julia Malek
Kelly Mathis
Anna Michalow
Elissa Monteiro
Breanna Martin-O'Dell
Nikita Miller
Alexis Morell
Julia Murray

Anne Nanninga
Emily Reyes
Alyssa Rosenorn
Rebecca Patino
Morena Pryor
Alexander Rizzi
Jia Sahar
Kate Schrader
Allison Seeton
Brianna Shannon
Liberty-Ann Shelton
Joey Shin
Keith Simon
Delta Smith
Mary Margaret Smith
Jacob Spicuzza
Morgan Swick
Amber Swint
Harold Paul Pey Tan
Ramaya Tummala
Emma Tompkins
Tania Pliego Torres
Arlyne Vargas
Fernando Vega
Halle Vincent
Frank Vitti
Casey Ward
Sophia Wetteroff
Paige Wojciechowski
Callie Zaborenko
Sherry Zhang
Ziyuan Zhang

OUR TEAM

GRADUATE STUDENTS

LABORATORY STAFF AND POST-DOCS

UNDERGRADUATE LAB MEMBERS

GRADUATE AND STAFF LAB ALUMNI

UNDERGRADUATE LAB ALUMNI