Dr. Raheleh Saryazdi is the director of the CHAT Lab. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Trent University Durham GTA and an Affiliate Scientist at KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network. She is also a member of the Trent Centre for Aging and Society, Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA-Team 17), and AGE-WELL (Canada's Aging and Technology Network). Dr. Saryazdi received her PhD in Psychology at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Craig Chambers, and she completed a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Jennifer Campos at KITE-Toronto Rehabilitation Institute prior to starting her position at Trent University.

Katia Perry is a research assistant and also the lab manager in the CHAT lab. Katia is currently an undergraduate student in the Child and Youth Studies program and holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Psychology from Carleton University. 

Cameron Hart is a research practicum student in the CHAT lab. Cameron is currently completing her Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Psychology at Trent. She is excited to work with Dr. Saryazdi and to gain invaluable experience working in the lab.

Danielle Garland is a reseach practicum student in the CHAT lab. She is a mature student currently completing her Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Psychology at Trent University. She is a certified Personal Support Worker with extensive experience working with older adults. During her time here at Trent Danielle has gained a passion for human development to which she credits Professor Jesiqua Rapley. As a mother, Danielle has been inspired by Dr. Saryazdi’s accomplishments in the field and is enthusiastically looking forward to learning from Dr. Saryazdi. Outside of Trent Danielle enjoys sailing, hiking, and painting! 

Jonathan is a graduate of Trent University, having received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Master of Science degree in Psychology from Trent. Jonathan is also a member of the Language and Cognition Lab at Trent University and has aspirations of pursuing a career as a clinical psychologist. Jonathan is the research analyst for the intergenerational interaction studies at the CHAT lab.

Taylor is a graduate student in the Applied Modelling and Quantitative methods under the supervision of Dr. Im Bolter. He credits Prof. Bauer for cultivating his skill as a researcher, and for helping him to develop his programming skills as an undergraduate thesis student at Trent University. Taylor feels fortunate to have the opportunity to collaborate with Prof. Saryazdi, where he gets to exercise his programming skills and play with some really cool technologies! Outside of academia, Taylor and his partner live with their two dogs on a 98 acre dog boarding facility!

Kiera is a first year Psychology master’s student at Trent. She completed her undergraduate Honours BSc in psychology at Carleton university, where she wrote a thesis on autism and function learning. She is now working on an outside project under Dr. Saryazdi’s supervision on the topic of intergenerational interactions.