Members

Lab Director

Natalie C. Ebner, PhD Curriculum Vitae natalie.ebner@ufl.edu Dr. Natalie Ebner is Full Professor and the Trish Calvert Ring Endowed Professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at University of Florida. Read more Google Scholar | PubMed | Twitter | Lab Twitter

Lab Co-Director

Tian Lin, PhD Curriculum Vitae lintian0527@ufl.edu Dr. Tian Lin's primary research interest is in cognitive aging. In particular, he is intrigued by how emotional and motivational factors influence cognition across the adulthood. Read more

Postdoctoral Researchers

	Vanessa Frei, PhD Curriculum Vitae vanessa.frei@ufl.edu Dr. Vanessa Frei’s research focuses on the neural correlates of multisensory perception, language processing, and socio-emotional cognition in aging. Read more Google Scholar | ORCiD
	Mengdi Zhu, PhD Curriculum Vitae zhum@ufl.edu Dr. Mengdi Zhu’s research lies in applied artificial intelligence, with particular focus on generative models, multimodal learning, computer vision, and image processing. Read more

Graduate Students

	Alayna Shoenfelt Graduate Research Assistant Curriculum Vitae ashoenfelt@ufl.edu Alayna Shoenfelt’s research investigates age-related differences in social decision making, including in online (e.g., phishing) and in-person (e.g., face-to-face deception detection) contexts. Read more
	Chun-Che Hung Graduate Research Assistant Curriculum Vitae hung.ch@ufl.edu Chun-Che Hung’s research interests focus on exploring the gut dysbiosis in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease continuum and its relationship with structural and functional brain changes using different neuroimaging techniques. Read more Google Scholar
	Sanghee Park Graduate Research Assistant Curriculum Vitae parksanghee@ufl.edu Sanghee's research interests focus on the impact of aging on social decision-making, including risky financial strategies in investment scams and trust-related social judgments. Read more
	Alyssa Hayes Graduate Research Assistant Curriculum Vitae alyssa.hayes@ufl.edu Alyssa's research interests include deception detection, decision-making, and memory processes — particularly how these domains are influenced by aging. Read more LinkedIn
	Ryan Faulkner Graduate Research Assistant Curriculum Vitae faulkerryan@ufl.edu Ryan’s research uses neuroimaging and computational modeling to identify age related differences in the neurobiological mechanisms of learning and decision making. Read more LinkedIn | GitHub

Lab Managers

	Sarah Verdecia-Zabala Lab Manager Curriculum Vitae sverdeciazabala@ufl.edu Sarah's research interests focus on understanding the role of oxytocin in aging and cognition, especially through a clinical lens. Read more
	Teodoro Ayub Barres Lab Manager Curriculum Vitae tayubbarres@ufl.edu Teodoro's research interests focus on understanding how subtle cues like eye gaze, shape how individuals form judgements about others across the lifespan. Read more

Lab Alumni

Dana Arnold, B.S. (now a graduate student at Clemson University)
Reese Chadwick, B.S. (now a graduate student at University of Tennessee)
Piper Lyons, B.S. (now a graduate student at University of Missouri)
Stephanie Washburn, M.S. (now a researcher with Department of Defense)
Didem Pehlivanoglu, Ph.D (now an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University)
Kylie Wright, Ph.D (now a post-doc at the University of Florida)
Manish Alluri, MS
Adam Barnas, Ph.D (now an assistant professor at Ball State University)
Marilyn Horta, Ph.D (now a research scientist at Moffitt Cancer Center)
Rebecca Polk, Ph.D (now a post-doc at Washington University)
Dalia El-Shafie, B.S. (now a graduate student at Tulsa University)
Peiwei Liu, Ph.D
Jillian Rung, PhMD
Ian Frazier, Ph.D
Desiree Lussier, Ph.D
Aylin Tasdemir, Ph.D
Carla Strickland Hughes, Ph.D