MEET THE TEAM

Education is central to the Human Nature Lab. Graduate and undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows find diverse opportunities in many areas, from data science to genetic analyses, from observational to experimental studies, from software development to global health field research, and much more.

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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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Nicholas A. Christakis

Director

Thomas Keegan

Thomas Keegan

Lab Director

Marcus Alexander

Marcus Alexander

Senior Research Associate

Mizzy Almaazmi

Mizzy Almaazmi

Research Assistant

Francesco Beghini

Francesco Beghini

Postdoctoral Associate

Jess Collins

Jess Collins

Administrative Manager

Marne Decker

Marne Decker

Research Assistant

Amir Ghasemian

Amir Ghasemian

Postdoctoral Associate

Max Gorlick

Max Gorlick

Research Manager

Wyatt Israel

Wyatt Israel

Software Engineer

Vaibhav Krishna

Vaibhav Krishna

Postdoctoral Fellow

Stacey Lopez Valerio

Stacey Lopez Valerio

Research Assistant

Liza Nicoll

Liza Nicoll

Data Scientist

Ashley Oaks

Ashley Oaks

Graduate Student

Yuki Pang

Yuki Pang

Research Assistant

Marios V. Papamichalis

Marios V. Papamichalis

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ana Karina Raygoza Cortez

Ana Karina Raygoza Cortez

Research Assistant

Ana Lucia Rodridguez de la Rosa

Ana Lucía Rodriguez de la Rosa

Associate Research Scientist

Vahid Satarifard

Vahid Satarifard

Postdoctoral Associate

Bianka Valentin

Bianka Valentin

Research Coordinator

Shivkumar Vishnempet Shridhar

Shivkumar Vishnempet Shridhar

Postdoctoral Associate

Wynne Williams-Ceci

Wynne Williams-Ceci

Postgraduate Associate

Ziang Xu

Ziang Xu

Research Assistant

Kai Xu

Kai Xu

Research Assistant

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Blinky

Robot

Coren L. Apicella

Coren L. Apicella

Postdoc

Samuel Arbesman

Samuel Arbesman

Postdoc

Michael Barnett

Michael Barnett

Postdoc

Jonathan Beauchamp

Jonathan Beauchamp

Postdoc

Larry Bowman

Larry Bowman

Postdoc

Jai Broome

Jai Broome

Research Coordinator

Rafael A. Cárdenas-Heredia

Rafael A. Cárdenas-Heredia

Postgraduate Associate

Paul Datta

Paul Datta

Technical Architect

Jacob Derechin

Jacob Derechin

Graduate Student

Peter DeWan

Peter DeWan

PhD student

Matthew Dutkiewicz

Matthew Dutkiewicz

Manager of Finance and Administration

Felix Elwert

Felix Elwert

Postdoc

Derek Feng

Derek Feng

PhD student (Statistics)

Juan Fernández Gracia

Juan Fernández Gracia

Visiting Student

Laura Forastiere

Laura Forastiere

Postdoc

Babak Fotouhi

Babak Fotouhi

Postdoc

Eric Feltham

Eric Feltham

Postdoctoral Associate

Feng Fu

Feng Fu

Postdoc

Samy Galvez

Samy Galvez

Assistant Program Manager

Kevin Garcia

Kevin Garcia

Project Coordinator

David Gelvez Alvarez

David Gelvez Alvarez

Graduate Student

Emily Hau

Emily Hau

Director of Programs and Partnerships, YINS

Catherine Henry

Catherine Henry

Research Assistant

Elizabeth Hopkinson

Elizabeth Hopkinson

Research Assistant

Alison Hwong

Alison Hwong

M/PhD Student

George Iosifidis

George Iosifidis

Postdoc

Alexander Isakov

Alexander Isakov

Postdoc

Lei Jin

Lei Jin

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Matt Jones

Matt Jones

Postdoctoral Associate

David Kim

David Kim

MD/PhD student

Edo Airoldi

Edo Airoldi

Temple University

Forrest Crawford

Forrest Crawford

Yale School of Public Health

Dominik Duell

Dominik Duell

University of Innsbruck

James Fowler

James Fowler

University of California San Diego

Malte Jung

Malte Jung

Cornell University

Bruce Landon

Bruce E. Landon

Harvard Medical School

A. James O'Malley

A. James O'Malley

The Dartmouth Institute

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Yale School of Public Health

Brian Scassellati

Brian Scassellati

Yale University

Holly B. Shakya

Holly B. Shakya

University of California San Diego

Leondros Tassiulas

Leandros Tassiulas

Yale University

Yoosik Youm

Yoosik Youm

Indiana University

Harrison H. Zhou

Harrison H. Zhou

Yale University