Graham received his B.S. from Cornell University in 2012, and spent two years as a research fellow at the National Institute of Mental Health in the Genes, Cognition, and Psychosis program. Graham recently completed his PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, where he applied tools from network science to delineate how white matter architecture develops to support improvements in executive function during adolescence. Currently, Graham is interested in identifying circuit-level markers of brain maturation that are linked with individual differences in working memory, inhibitory control, and decision-making. Outside the lab, Graham enjoys hiking with his dog Huxley, exploring cities by bike, and thinking about the stochasticity of evolution.

Melanie graduated from Yale University in 2019 with a B.S. in Psychology. As an undergraduate she worked on the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study with Dr. BJ Casey, and continues to explore her interest in the fields of developmental and abnormal psychology with her work on the Human Connectome Project in Development in the Somerville Lab. She is particularly interested in using neuroimaging methods to investigate the developmental trajectories of mental illnesses. Outside of the lab, Melanie loves camping, dancing, and continuing her search for the best cheesecake in the world.

Emily received her BA in Psychology with a Clinical Concentration from Boston College in 2019. She worked for several years at Dr. Maureen Ritchey’s Memory Modulation Lab where she studied cognitive and affective neuroscience. For her thesis, she investigated the influence of emotion on competitive forgetting mechanisms involved in autobiographical memories. Emily is interested in how memory and emotion interact in the development and treatment of trauma. While working as a part of the Human Connectome Project, Emily is also a Research Assistant for the Buckner Lab at Harvard University. Outside of the lab, Emily watches too much TV, loves doing jigsaw puzzles, and is a proud bunny owner.

Erik received his BS in Biology and Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin and spent the next several years working on neuroimaging studies of aging in the Johnson Neuroimaging Lab and the WADRAC neuroimaging group. At Harvard, Erik is in charge of a number of large-scale data analysis projects and serves as a lab generalist, ensuring that people have the resources they need to ask the questions they ask. When not at work, he is also a gardener (during the growing season) and homebrewer (all the year round). As a kid, Erik was obsessed with dinosaurs.

Natasha received her BS in Mathematical and Computational Biology from Harvey Mudd College in 2014. She went on to get a PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience from Duke University, where she studied how imagining alternative versions of events could help people regulate their emotional responses to memories. At Harvard, Natasha hopes to continue her research developing and understanding novel emotion regulation techniques. Outside of lab, Natasha teaches in the Psychology department as a College Fellow and enjoys board games, weight training, and cute animal videos.

Jessie received her BA in Psychology from Georgetown University in 2012 and her MA in Communication Sciences from Northwestern University in 2014. She did her PhD at Princeton University, where she researched how differences in children’s language input influences their learning. In the ANDlab, Jessie is interested in studying the intersection of language, emotion, and learning over the course of development. Outside of the lab, Jessie teaches in the Psychology department as a College Fellow, and she enjoys playing board games, being outdoors, and cooking (but mostly eating) all kinds of food.