Nelson Laboratory | Former Lab Members

PhD Advisees

• Pamela Ludemann, PhD 
• Roberta Kestenbaum, PhD 
• Ann E. Ellis, PhD
• Alexandra Matthews, PhD
• Paul Collins, PhD
• Jeremy Alden, PhD
• Pauline Maki, PhD
• Sarah Sponheim, PhD
• Domonick Wegesin, PhD
• Michelle de Haan, PhD
• Steven Malone, PhD
• David Zelinsky, PhD
• Kathleen Thomas, PhD
• Leslie Carver, PhD
• Christopher Monk, PhD
• Rosa Arriaga, PhD     
• Sara Webb, PhD
• John Curtis, PhD
• Susan Ormsbee, MD, PhD
• Kelly Snyder, PhD
• Jane Couperus, PhD
• Lisa Scott, PhD
• Susan Parker, PhD
• David Marcus, PhD
• Heather Whitney, PhD
• Nim Tottenham, PhD
• Darlene Kertes, PhD
• Tracy DeBoer Riggins, PhD
• Elise Townsend, PhD
• Maria Fusaro, MS, PhD 
• Adrienne Tierney, MS, PhD
• Sharon Fox, MD, PhD
• Laura Edwards, PhD
• Juliana Porto, MD, PhD
• April Boin Choi, 
• Krista Goldstine-Cole
• Kelsey Quigley, PhD
• Eileen Sullivan
• Anne-Michelle Englestad 
• Devorah Kranz (joint with April Levin, MD, and Michela Fagiolini, PhD)

Postdoctoral Students

• Patricia (Gould) Sargent, PhD
• Raye-ann deRegnier, MD  
• Moira Richards, MD  
• Dianne Dukette, PhD
• Monica Luciana, PhD 
• Linda Black, MD  
• Susan Parker, PhD 
• Ruskin Hunt, PhD
• Jukka Leppanen, PhD
• Jenny Richmond, PhD
• Ingrid Cordon, PhD
• Kristin Shutts, PhD 
• Anne Rifkin, PhD
• Joe McCleery, PhD
• Benjamin Balas, PhD
• Shafali Jeste, MD 
• Margaret Sheridan, PhD
• Katie McLaughlin, PhD
• Giulia Righi, PhD
• Agatha Norwood, MD 
• Jennifer Wagner, PhD
• Rhiannon Luyster, PhD 
• Adeline Jabes PhD
• Brandon Keehn PhD 
• Sharon Fox MD, PhD
• April Levin, MD
• Ross Vanderwert, PhD
• Katherine Perdue, PhD
• Jocelyn LeBlanc, PhD
• Kandice Varcin, PhD
• Johanna Bick, PhD
• Lindsay Bowman, PhD 
• Laura Edwards, PhD
• Hannah F. Behrendt, Dipl.-Psych. 
• Laurie Bayet, PhD
• Sarah Jensen, PhD
• Lara Pierce, PhD
• Carol Wilkinson, MD, PhD
• Mark Wade, PhD
• Laurel Gabard-Durnam, PhD
• Wanze Xie, PhD 
• Rachel Romeo, PhD 
• Hilary Richardson, PhD 
• Cora Mukerji, PhD
• April Boin Choi, PhD
• Kelli Dickerson, PhD
• Laura Pirazzoli, PhD
• Caitlin Clements, PhD
• Caroline Kelsey, PhD
• Lisa Yankowitz, PhD
• Valentina Pergher, PhD
• Ran Wei, PhD
• Wenkang An, PhD
• Renata Di Lorenzo, PhD

Honors Students (since 2005)

• Hana Jeon (2006-2007), Harvard College
• Kathleen Zhang (2008), Harvard College
• Eliza Congdon (2008-2009), Brown University
• Laurel Gabard-Durnam (2008-2009), Harvard College
• Suzanna Hirsch (2008-2010), Wesleyan University
• Joan How (2009-2010), Harvard College
• Geneva DeGregorio (2010-2011), Tufts University
• Wesley Talcott (2010-2011), Harvard College
• Maya Ayoub (2010-2012), Harvard College
• Nora Kovar (2010-2012), Harvard College
• Alexandra Libby (2010-2012), Harvard College
• Lavinia Mitroi (2011-2012), Harvard College 
• Taylor Compton (2011- 2013), Harvard College
• Audrey Young (2012-2013), Harvard College
• Marc Shi (2013-2014), Harvard College
• Katherine Clements (2012-2014), Harvard College
• Anthony Ferranti (2012-2014), Emerson College
• Anisha Shenai (2012-2014), Harvard College
• Miranda Ravicz (2012-2014), Harvard College
• Jordan Ko (2012-2013) Tufts University
• Michelle Lee (2014-2015), Harvard College 
• Julia Cataldo (2013-2015), Harvard College 
• Mai Chu (2014-2015), Harvard College
• Drew Scott (2014-2015), Harvard College 
• Jennifer Kizza (2014-2016), Harvard College
• Cailin Daley (2013-2016), Harvard College
• Simone Hasselmo (2015-2016), Harvard College
• Ruby Almanza (2015-2016), Harvard College
• Adriana Mendez Leal (2015-2016), Harvard College
• Karen Tocatly (2015-2017), Harvard College 
• Emma Satterthwaite Muresianu (2015-2017), Harvard College
• Hamidah Mahmud (2015-2017), Harvard College 
• Halie Olson (2015-2017), Harvard College 
• Noemi Urquiza (2015-2017), Harvard College
• Alina Acosta (2015-2017), Harvard College
• Phoebe Stoye (2016-2018), Harvard College
• Zarin Rahman (2016-2018), Harvard College
• Ellery Jones (2016-2018), Harvard College
• Zarin Rahman (2016-2018), Harvard College
• Eileen Sullivan (2016-2019), Harvard College
• Sarah Chun (2016-2019), Harvard College
• Chinaza Ochi (2017-2019), Harvard College
• Katherine Vincent (2017-2019), Harvard College
• Meghan Lauze (2017-2019), Tufts University
• Marissa Rodriguez (2017-2019), Harvard College
• Saul Urbina-Johanson (2017-2019), Harvard College
• Sofia Zoullas (2018-2019), Harvard College
• Tyler LeComer (2018-2019), Harvard College
• Cameron Decker (2017-2020), Harvard College
• Oliver George (2017-2020), Harvard College
• Maggie Reynolds (2017-2020), Harvard College
• Miranda Mize (2017-2020), Harvard College
• Fleming Peck (2018-2021), Princeton University 
• Alexandra Kim (2018-Present), Harvard College
• Eloise Freitag (2020-Present), Harvard College
• Fleming Peck (2018-Present), Princeton University
• Carly Tiras (2019-Present), Harvard College
• Sheila De La Cruz (2019-2022), Harvard College
• Josh Glauser (2019-2022), Harvard College
• Alex Chaumette (2020-2022), Harvard College

Medical Students

• Karen Bos (2007-2010) Harvard Medical School
• Eva Mihalis (2012-2014) Harvard Medical School
• Annie Berens (2012-2018) Harvard Medical School
• Helen Hu (2013-2015) Harvard Medical School
• Simona Barr (2013-2015) Harvard Medical School
• Kate Roche (2014-2019) Harvard-MIT Health Sciences Technology
• Ashley Mai Bach (2018-2019) Harvard Chan School of Public Health
• Allison Fialkowski (2021-Present) Harvard Medical School
• Nana Okada (2021-Present) Harvard MD/PhD Student
• Emily Yang (2021-Present), Harvard-MIT HST Student

Master Students

• Katie Roche (2014 -2019) Harvard Medical School
• Kirsty Coulter (2016-2017) Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Young Eun Chang (2016-2017) Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Aprotim Bhowmik (2019-2020) Harvard Graduate School of Education