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Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sarah C. Creel
Dr. Sarah C. Creel
Dr. Creel was an undergraduate at the University of South Carolina before going to the University of Rochester for a PhD, and the University of Pennsylvania for postdoctoral work. Her interests include the development of word recognition, specificity in acoustical representations, and the role of top-down knowledge in music perception and enjoyment.
Website: https://quote.ucsd.edu/creel/
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Reina Mizrahi
Reina Mizrahi
Reina is a PhD student in the Cognitive Science Department. Having grown up as a Spanish-English bilingual, she is interested in bilingual language processing in preschool-aged children and adults. She explores the different types of cues bilinguals use to facilitate bilingual language learning and understanding the mechanisms involved in regulating dual-language activation. Her research makes use of eye-tracking and behavioral techniques. Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading, cooking, and taking walks.
Aiden Iveris
Aiden Iveris
Aiden Iveris is a graduate student in the Cognitive Science Department at UCSD, working with Sarah Creel and Gedeon Deák. Aiden studies auditory perception and development, with a focus on non-linguistic auditory processes, such as perception of environmental sounds and musical structures. Before coming to UCSD, Aiden earned dual degrees in Viola performance and Brain and Cognitive Science from the Eastman School of music and University of Rochester, respectively.
Monica Shen
Monica Shen
Monica is a first-year PhD student in Cognitive Science Department. She recently received her Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Cognitive Studies from Vanderbilt University. As a multi-lingual/-dialectal L2 speaker, Monica is interested in speech perception and production among bilinguals and L2 speakers in diverse linguistic contexts.
Lab Manager
Lab Manager
Kaitlin Lee
Kaitlin Lee
Kaitlin is a UCSD alumnus (Class of '24) and a former CogSci Honors student. Kaitlin studies the development of gender perception based on voice qualities and is specifically interested in the perception of LGBTQ+ speakers. Outside the lab, Kaitlin enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons, going to the gym, and spending time with her cat, Fitz.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Honors Student: Erik Glesne
Mina Cicekoglu
Kaitlyn Chou
Caroline Hall-Sherr
Sam Roxas
Rafi Overton
Junrong (Fiona) Chen
Carly Villongco
Carolin Pan
Maggie Zhang
Daniel Martin
Emma Nishikawa
Advika Shankar
Vica Yu
Doanh Nguyen
Lab Alumni
Lab Alumni
If you are a past LASR Lab member and don’t see your information posted below, please email Sarah Creel at screel@ucsd.edu when possible (also tell us how you are doing, we miss you dearly!)
Post-Docs
Post-Docs
Carolyn Quam: Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Andrew Shibata: SKIM
Tzu-Han Zoe Cheng: University of Washington Postdoctoral Scholar
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Conor Frye : IQVIA
Emily Robles: UC San Diego PhD Student
Micah Bregman: McKinsey
Carson Miller Rigoli: Arizona State University
Lab Managers and Volunteers
Lab Managers and Volunteers
Heather Pelton: Lab Manager, 2012
Elizabeth Groves: Â Lab Manger, 2011
Emilie Seubert: Lab Manager, 2015
Adrienne Moore: PhD UCSD 2018
Annie Ditta: Volunteer
Alicia Escobedo: PhD Student SDSU/UCSD
Dolly Rojo: Volunteer, 2011
Kristie McCrary Kambourakis: Lab Manager, 2018
Paola Montufar Soria: UTSA Student, ENLACE Program 2019
Tor Santos: Postbaccalaureate Volunteer 2019
Alana Parks: STARS Program, 2019
Anges Vu: Lab Manager, 2023
Britney Martinez: STARS Program, 2023
Lauren Mia Lee: High School Lab Volunteer, 2024
Undergraduate Honors Students
Undergraduate Honors Students
Kit Albrecht
Shawn Walker
Kristen Muench
Sophie Rushing
Rebecca Roseman
Rana Tabrizi
Sofia Jimenez
Madeleine Yu
Alex Farrow
David Wu
Kaitlin Lee
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Undergraduate Research Assistants
2024-2025
Sarah Paull
Owen Yang
Sydney Bruno
2023-2024
Maryam Vagharfard
Sunwoo Moon
Nathan Ko
Annika Ross
Chelsea Weisbrich
Katrina Mai
Sadrac Santacruz Ibarra
David Wu
Yilin Hao
Olivia Simonds
Taha Bhinderwala
Alex Farrow
2022-2023
Xiaohan Li
Sarah Rosenblum
Thomas Sanborn de Asis
Mariana Ortega
Andrea Behar-Yutkewich
Diana Karakunnel
Julia Hulvey
Krystal Toy
Emma Shamir
2020-2021
Madison Miyake
Sanika Walimbe
Zainab Tabbaa
Joshua Duquette
Yike Li
Krittin Srisajjakul
Sebastian Nunez
Krystyna Olszewska
Nicklas Boyer
Niki Sarruwatari
Jashan Chahal
Heidy Davila
Hanyi Wang
Emily Le
Casey Lee
Grace Nguyen
Marjan Vasli
Safa Zanial
2018-2019
Amanda Ochoa
Betina Karshaleva
Connie Chen
Chyi (Felicia) Teoh
Jean Hong
Mika Ellison
Xuanyu Wu
Yanchang Li
Jose Jimenez
Jashan Chahal
Cheyenne Yiu
Liana Medeiros
Yike Li
Zhenxian Lu
Yinxuan Du
Heidy Davila
Sebastian Nunez
Nicklas Boyer
Niki Saruwatari
Krystyna Olszewska
Emily Le
2017-2018
Amelia Harrison
Aruroa Sainez
Betina Kashaleva
Danny Kovelman-Ottilie
Dylan Christiano
Karen Yanes
Kartiki Gaur
Kelvin lam
Mackenzie Duerksen
Madeleine Yu
Morgar King
Nicole Bringham
Samantha Ramming
Sofia Zhao
Xuanyu Wu
Yanchang Li
Ziwen Zeng
2016-2017
Alan Yang
Anita Ho
Betina Karshaleva
Christal Vo
Cindy Perez
Danny Kovelman-Ottilie
Eliese Maxwell
Ellie Abrams
Hiba Shakir
Lee Anne Mercado
Samantha Ramming
Sofia Zhao
Sudad Abdulrazak
Yingshi Liang
2015-2016
Jen Windsor
Issanna Loughman
Angelie Tuazon
Jacob Browne
Juliana Lydell
Dani Tamura
Lee Anne Mercado
Lilly Sarian
2014-2015
Melody Chen
JC Perches
Nick Bokaie
Jasmine Cher
Jocelyn Ma
Ming Cheng
Priya Saran
Kaila Uniacke
Alphonse Owirka
2013-2014
Chelsey Kwak
Dina Bseiso
Felicia Wenstein
Sophie Rushing
Emily Huo
Jessica Chen
Joshua Garcia
Mikaela Oen
Rachel Kim
Zach Riley
2012-2013
Sheryl Soo
Robert SooHoo
Yuan Chun (Yvonne) Lan
Thao Nguyen
Amreeta Jammu
Sheila Soltani
Annabelle Cadang
Amber Chung
Hansol Yi
Kaili Guo
Pauline Arestegui
2011-2012
Katharine Caldwell
Christina Lin
Allen Hsu
Abraham Chen
Vivian Yu
Jonny Wang
Guan Wang
Angela Wang
Jenna Garafalo
Petra Rupert
Katelyn Carmichael
Shawn Cho
Hye (Chloe) Lee
Yogendra Saxena
2010-2011
Katherine Tomas
Robin Blumberg
Yao Du
Sieun Lee
Angela Chan
Kelsey Hall
Sean Kolbu
Kristin McKee
Kristina Cruz
Kristi Shiao
Marlene Virrey
2009-2010
Michelle Heffron
Ruby Delgado
Jennifer Padwal
Kristina Manvelian
Alicia Zuniga
Karen Chow
Alexandra Sparks
Garrett Oyama
James Fluty
2008-2009
Anastasia Nikoulina
Yoon Cheng
Heather Pelton
Grant Sakakihara
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