OUR TEAM
MEGHAN, H. PUGLIA, PH.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Meghan earned her B.S. in Psychology with a concentration in Neuroscience from Penn State University in 2009, her M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Virginia in 2015, and her Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from UVA in 2019. Her research interests include (1) merging human neuroscience and behavioral epigenetics to understand individual differences in human behavior; (2) designing and executing infant longitudinal studies merging multilevel, multidimensional techniques to understand environment-gene-brain-behavior interactions throughout development; and (3) employing innovative methodological approaches to analyze “big data” generated with neuroimaging, longitudinal, and genetics data sets.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
CABELL WILLIAMS
Cognitive Psychology
Cabell studies the environmental influences of epigenetic modifications and how these changes may lead to individual differences in the neurological processing of social cues throughout infancy. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology from George Mason University and her M.S. in Clinical Research from UVA. Prior to her time as a doctoral student, she spent time in a lab studying the effects of parenting mindfully on adolescents’ emotional development, academic success, and risk-taking behaviors and in a clinic where she studied how to create a state of “peak performance” using EEG based neurofeedback.
STAFF
ALLISON BELKOWITZ
Lab Manager
WINNIE CHANG
Project Coordinator
UNDERGRADUATE STAFF
ASSISTANT PROJECT COORDINATORS
AVERY DOUGALD
Assistant Project Coordinator
Neuroscience 2024
MADELYN NANCE
Assistant Project Coordinator
Cognitive Science 2023
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
MELISSA ABEL
Cognitive Science & Spanish 2023
MADELEINE AMES
Neuroscience 2024
SONI BAE
Psychology 2024
NASEEB CHHINA
Global Public Health & Psychology 2025
CAMPBELL COLEMAN
Physics & Neuroscience (Intended)
CHLOE COOPER
Neuroscience (Intended) 2025
HELENA CULLEN
Psychology (Intended) 2024
EMILY DAVIS
Psychology & Spanish 2024
KALEY DAWSON
Neuroscience (Intended) 2025
KAYLYN FEELEY
Cognitive Science 2024
MADELINE FORD
Cognitive Science 2023
SKYLAR GOODOVE
Neuroscience 2024
STERLING GUTTERMAN
Cognitive Science 2025
ELISE HARRIS
Cognitive Science 2025
CHLOE HOANG
Cognitive Science 2023
MATTHEW IMMORDINO
Chemistry (Intended) 2024
ZOE KITCHINGS
Biology 2025
ANNA MCSHERRY
Psychology 2023
MADISON MONROE-MOHAJERIN
Neuroscience & Psychology 2023
EMILY MORTMAN
Undeclared 2025
EMILY MUNDY
Undeclared 2025
SUNJAL PATEL
Cognitive Science & South Asian Studies 2024
OLIVIA PRENDERGAST
Psychology 2024
HAYLEE RESSA
Neuroscience (intended) & English 2025
JORDYN SIZEMORE
Cognitive Science 2025
BIANKA SMEULDERS
Cognitive Science 2023
DAVID TEPPER
Biology & Neuroscience (Intended) 2024
ASHLEY TRINH
Neuroscience (Intended) 2025
SHRIYA VARADA
Neuroscience (intended) 2025
VINEE VERMA
Cognitive Science 2024
LAB ALUMNI
KAROLINA STRAZNIKIEWICZ
Psychology 2023
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant
LOREN BLACK
Kinesiology 2024
2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant
GIANNA RODGRIUEZ
Biology 2023
2022 Summer Research Intern
JACQUELINE SLOBIN
Global Public Health 2021
2021 - 2022 Project Coordinator
2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant
AVERY DAHL
Cognitive Science 2022
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant
ANNIE SON
Biology 2022
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Research Assistant
SREYA KUNAPULI
Global Public Health 2023
2019 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant
CLAIRE MANSOOR
Psychology 2022
2021 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant
AARIA MALHOTRA
Neuroscience 2021
2018 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant
2020 - 2021 Harrison Undergraduate Research Grant
2020 - 2021 Distinguished Majors Program
SCARLET OMAIS
English & Biology 2022
2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant
HANNAH SHARPE
Biology 2021
2019 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant
PAYTON ST. LOUIS
Chemistry 2023
2019 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant