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Kushma Saud is the Lab Manager and Research Assistant for the C-STEM laboratories. Guided by a deep interest in cognitive science and computer science, she is passionate about connecting technology and human thought/behaviors together. 

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I would like to make our labs a welcoming and supportive community amongst all students interested in STEM. If you have any questions regarding our labs, feel free to reach out to me anytime. Lets help each other learn better!

Anish Pandey is a co-founder and president of Caldwell Robotics. Anish has been the driving force behind the annual Robotics Competition, the development of the MakerSpace, and the growth of Engineering presence at Caldwell University. Anish's interests span app development, robotics, 3D simulations, wind-turbine design improvements, and research in computer vision.

Dr. Lily Tsoi (pronounced like "choy") is the founder and director of the Social Minds laboratory and the C-STEM labs interdisciplinary center. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Caldwell University. Her research interests revolve around understanding social interactions: how people think about the minds of others during social interactions and their impact on social behaviors. To study social interactions, she employs methods from cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and computer science. See Dr. Tsoi's research page for a selected list of publications.

Dr. Vlad Veksler is the founder and director of the CogAI laboratory and the C-STEM labs interdisciplinary center. He is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Caldwell University. His research and teaching focuses on all topics where there is interplay between humans and machines, including Artificial Intelligence, UI/UX and Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Agent Teamming, Cybernetics, Cognitive Modeling, Behavioral Simulations, Behavioral Game Theory, AI in Games, and Cognitive Robotics. See his Google Scholar profile for a selected list of publications.

Dr. Sushil Poudel is an Assistant Professor at Caldwell University in New Jersey, where he teaches core computer science courses, including Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA), Design of Algorithms, and Principles of Programming Languages. He is actively engaged in research in various fields, with specific interests in automotive fraud detection, cybersecurity, epidemiology, bioinformatics, machine learning, data science, and graph mining. See Dr. Poudel's Google Scholar profile for a selected list of publications.

Dr. Yanxing Yang is an assistant professor of Physics with research interests in complex systems at the intersection of physics, biology, and materials science using both computational and experimental methods. See Dr. Yang's Google Scholar profile for a selected list of publications.

Dr. Maria Agapito is an assistant professor of Biology at Caldwell. She considers herself to be both a scientist and an educator at heart. Her long-term goal is to change the face of America by enhancing curiosity, educating, and mentoring students to enter STEM related fields, creating a diverse population of role models for the next generations to come. See Dr. Yang's ResearchGate profile for a selected list of publications.

Dr. Héctor G. Loyola Irizarry is an assistant professor of Microbiology at Caldwell. He is a bioinformatician, microbiologist, and education researcher that uses computational tools to conduct research at the intersection of these three fields. See Dr. Loyola Irizarry's Google Scholar Profile for a selected list of publications.