We will be not be admitting Ph.D. students in 2026.
Allyson Mackey, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Associate Professor of Psychology
Member, National Scientific Council on Adolescence, Center for the Developing Adolescent
Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
B.S., Biological Sciences, Stanford University
mackeya@upenn.edu
Monami Nishio, M.D.
Graduate Student, Psychology
M.D., The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine
monami@sas.upenn.edu
Maayan Ziv
Graduate Student, Psychology
B.A., Psychology, Barnard College
mziv@sas.upenn.edu
Steven Lopez
Lab Manager
B.A., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
brian11@sas.upenn.edu
Denise Gonzalez
Graduate student, MSW Program
B.A., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
gdeni@upenn.edu
2025-26 Undergraduate Researchers: Natalia Liu-Claros, Sara Ugbana, Graci Davidson, Anoushka Swain, Tanvi Garneni, Johana Munoz, Avia Weber, Billy Wang, Rinah Asaah
Lab Alumni
Postdocs
Andrew Koepp, Ph.D.
Monica Ellwood-Lowe, Ph.D.
Julia Leonard, Ph.D.
Ivan Simpson-Kent, Ph.D.
Lourdes Delgado-Reyes, Ph.D.
Morgan Botdorf, Ph.D.
Mackenzie Woodburn, Ph.D.
Graduate Students
Anne Park, Ph.D.
Ursula Tooley, Ph.D.
Austin Boroshok, Ph.D.
Cassidy McDermott, Ph.D.
Research Specialists
Jasmine Forde, M.S.Ed.
Katrina Simon, Ph.D.
Daniel Southwick Yoojin Hahn
Sophie Sharp
Isis Cowan