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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![Ziang Xu Ziang Xu](/sites/default/files/styles/148x148/public/responsive-images/2024-03/personnel-default-image.png?itok=znoCYn09)
![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)
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![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)
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![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)
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![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)
![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)
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