Meet the team
We bring together scholars from throughout Yale in
many fields, including medicine, engineering,
sociology, economics, computer science, biology,
statistics, applied math, and physics. The Human
Nature Lab provides a fertile environment for our
researchers to engage new approaches and
methodologies.
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![Vaibhav Krishna Vaibhav Krishna](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-06/vkrishe2.jpg?itok=Yz1XoDJu)
![Stacey Lopez Valerio Stacey Lopez Valerio](/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-03/personnel-default-image.png?itok=znoCYn09)
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![Ashley Oaks Ashley Oaks](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-05/picture-1953-1627566691.jpg?itok=4PR9faPH)
![Marios V. Papamichalis Marios V. Papamichalis](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Marios-V-Papamichalis.jpg?itok=_GzZOhy3)
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![Vahid Satarifard Vahid Satarifard](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Vahid.jpg?itok=r3jjMK6R)
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![Wynne Williams-Ceci Wynne Williams-Ceci](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-08/WWilliamsCeci.jpg?itok=TFytUOe6)
![Ziang Xu Ziang Xu](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-08/ziangx1.jpg?itok=Ic-xXp-Q)
![Kai Xu Kai Xu](/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-03/personnel-default-image.png?itok=znoCYn09)
![Blinky Blinky](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/BLINKY.jpg?itok=0Ca20qov)
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![Michael Barnett Michael Barnett](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/barnett.jpg?itok=FWznSxVU)
![Jonathan Beauchamp Jonathan Beauchamp](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/beauchamp.jpg?itok=XN_-WRtn)
![Larry Bowman Larry Bowman](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Bowman_headshot.jpg?itok=mHQBLStl)
![Jai Broome Jai Broome](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/MG_1728.jpg?itok=phkJ721W)
![Rafael A. Cárdenas-Heredia Rafael A. Cárdenas-Heredia](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Cardenas-Heredia-Rafael-A.jpg?itok=mgjRdYLy)
![Paul Datta Paul Datta](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Datta-Paul.jpg?itok=L0iXu-Il)
![Jacob Derechin Jacob Derechin](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Jaocb-Derechin.jpg?itok=HTKvZejn)
![Peter DeWan Peter DeWan](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Pete-Dewan.jpg?itok=W-nTvU71)
![Matthew Dutkiewicz Matthew Dutkiewicz](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Dutkiewitz-Matt-180214_YINS_PortraitsCandids_HiRes-3438.jpg?itok=0Uujmyu9)
![Felix Elwert Felix Elwert](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Felix-Elwert.jpg?itok=O-iHSp6o)
![Derek Feng Derek Feng](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/IMG_0009.jpg?itok=iSK3RAfx)
![Juan Fernández Gracia Juan Fernández Gracia](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/fernandez.jpg?itok=EfXMPMmY)
![Laura Forastiere Laura Forastiere](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/IMG_2233.jpg?itok=w8dwnLgL)
![Babak Fotouhi Babak Fotouhi](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Babak.jpg?itok=x7evregp)
![Eric Feltham Eric Feltham](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/eric.feltham.photo.jpg?itok=9w6vZ4km)
![Feng Fu Feng Fu](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/feng-fu.jpg?itok=gQq0sDR5)
![Samy Galvez Samy Galvez](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Galvez-Samy.png?itok=xzLLvlB1)
![Kevin Garcia Kevin Garcia](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Garcia-Kevin-180214_YINS_PortraitsCandids_HiRes-5395.jpg?itok=JIVc3Atw)
![David Gelvez Alvarez David Gelvez Alvarez](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Gelvez-David.jpeg?itok=7Y9ooajK)
![Emily Hau Emily Hau](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-04/Hau-Emily-180214_YINS_PortraitsCandids_HiRes-4328.jpg?itok=C0H3s91o)
![Catherine Henry Catherine Henry](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Henry-Libby.jpg?itok=uEVQraSW)
![Elizabeth Hopkinson Elizabeth Hopkinson](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Hopkinson-Elizabeth-Robert-C.-Bates-Summer-Fellowship.jpg?itok=8dpobxLi)
![Alison Hwong Alison Hwong](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-05/ahwong.jpeg?itok=YWdDSCcH)
![George Iosifidis George Iosifidis](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-05/Iosifidis.jpg?itok=9u3cRGCm)
![Alexander Isakov Alexander Isakov](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Isakov-Alexander.png?itok=xtDIoKX1)
![Lei Jin Lei Jin](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Lei-Jin.jpg?itok=NZvy6BKi)
![Matt Jones Matt Jones](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/Matt-Jones.jpg?itok=z6Cm0NVk)
![David Kim David Kim](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/David-Kim.jpg?itok=raIsKorV)
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![Malte Jung Malte Jung](https://humannaturelab.net/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/personnel/mjung.jpg?itok=6rY-I9Cb)
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