Anna Idichandy
Anna Idichandy is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is double majoring in Psychology (B.A.) and Human Development and Family Science. She has always had an interest in working with children and is excited to further her passions through working with the Circle Lab. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school where she can further her education and hopefully become a school psychologist. In her free time, Anna enjoys cooking, listening to music, and spending time with her friends and family. (Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Ava Moreau
Ava is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill double majoring in Psychology (B.A.) and Human Development and Family Science. She is passionate about working with children and learning more about how mental health affects their development. After graduation, she plans on attending graduate school in hopes of becoming a pediatric psychologist. She is very excited to join the CIRCLE lab and gain hands-on research experience that could lead to a greater impact!
Cameron Brown
Cameron Brown is a senior here at UNC, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Health and Society. She is from a very small town, Ruffin, NC and is very excited to join the amazing team at the CIRCLE Lab. Her dedication to psychology has sparked her interest in social psychology and child development. She is excited to further her knowledge in the development of cognitive and behavioral processes in children and adolescents. She is enthusiastic to collaborate, learn, and participate in a hands-on research environment. After graduation she plans to pursue her education by attending graduate school with a focus on mental health therapies. She is a passionate mental health advocate, with goals to help spread eating-disorder awareness and support. In her free time, she loves to hang out with friends, play tennis, go to the beach, and listen to music.
Diana Montoya Alvarado
Diana Montoya Alvarado is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is majoring in Psychology (B.S.). She is excited to work with the CIRCLE Lab team, for the great opportunity to learn, and see the influence of adversity and early life experiences. She plans to attend graduate school and is still open about a specialty. In her free time, she loves to watch movies, read, and spend time with family and friends! (Pronouns: she/her)
Iman Mukhtar
Iman Mukhtar is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a Morehead-Cain Scholar majoring in Neuroscience (B.S.). Iman has always been interested in working with children and learning about their cognitive development and is excited to purse this passion with the CIRCLE Lab. She is going to be editing children’s structural brain MRI images in FreeSurfer. After graduation, Iman plans to attend graduate school. In her free time, she loves to swim, read, and spend time with family and friends!
Jasper (Yuetong) Liu
Yutong is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double majoring in Psychology and Statistics. She is excited to work with the CIRCLE lab team in understanding how adolescents are influenced and shaped by their early life experiences. Specifically, she is eager to learn more about coding qualitative findings in CIRCLE and looks forward to using her experiences to help better understand adolescents. She also loves drawing illustrations depicting a fantasy world in her free time. (Pronouns: she/her/hers)
Kate Drury
Kate Drury is a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in Neuroscience. She is from New Orleans, Louisiana and is very excited to join the CIRCLE Lab team! She has been interested in neuroscience since she volunteered on a medical mission trip in Mexico during which she noticed that mental health was one of the primary health problems and that there were too few healthcare providers who focused on the brain and mental illness. She is looking forward to expanding her understanding of the brain, neurology, and the links between early experiences and later cognitive function. In her free time, she loves playing and watching soccer, listening to music, and running. After college, she hopes to eventually attend medical school and become a Neurologist or Cardiologist.
Katelyn Lien
Katelyn Lien is a junior in the Honors Carolina program at UNC Chapel Hill studying Quantitative Biology and Spanish. She is interested in studying the effects of early childhood experiences on brain development and is excited to gain experience in psychological research. In her free time, she enjoys figure skating, reading, and hiking.
Madison Sokolik
Madison Sokolik is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a major in Psychology and a minor in Conflict Management. She is from St. Louis, Missouri and is excited for the opportunity to gain new experiences in psychological research while working with the CIRCLE Lab team! Madison is passionate about furthering her understanding of how early experiences influence psychopathology. After undergrad, she plans to attend graduate school and is still open about a specialty. (Pronouns: she/her/hers)
Mariana Chavez
Mariana Chavez is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill double majoring in Psychology (B.S.) and Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Education. She is passionate in social and cognitive changes in child development and how they influence school performance and educational equity as a whole. Mariana hopes to continue studying this in graduate school with the goal of becoming a professor. In her free time, Mariana loves playing piano, watching movies, and building escape rooms through UNC’s Chapel Thrill Escapes. (Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Masita Wicaksana
Masita is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with intentions of majoring in/applying to the nursing program. She is excited to examine the effects of life experiences on child and adolescent development and looking forward to utilizing the experience she gains with the CIRCLE Lab throughout the rest of her time at Carolina. (Pronouns: she/her/hers)
Nyjah King
Nyjah (she/her/hers) is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in education. She is excited to work in the CIRCLE lab learning and doing hands-on research for the WHALE study. Nyjah is interested in the effects of early adversity on adolescent development. After graduation, Nyjah is interested in pursuing a master’s in Mental Health Counseling and a Ph.D. in early childhood development. In her free time, Nyjah enjoys writing, spending time with friends, and participating in various student organizations such as Every Nation Campus, One Africa, and the Black Student Movement.
Ria Patel
Ria Patel is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pursuing majors in Neuroscience and Biology along with a minor in Medical Anthropology. Ria has a strong passion for working with children, especially with those who have neuropsychological disorders. Ria is enthusiastic and excited to join CIRCLE Lab, where she hopes to gain insight into the world of research, collaborate with motivated peers, mentors and doctors as well as first-handedly get to understand the complexities of child cognitive development. Ria hopes to attend medical school where she can explore clinical approaches to treating and alleviating the effects of neuropsychological disorders in children to improve educational experiences.
Sara Junuzovic
Hi! My name is Sara Junuzovic, I am a junior double majoring in Neuroscience and Psychology (B.S.), and I’m also minoring in comparative literature. For a long time now, I’ve been interested in the way someone’s childhood experiences, especially language use and home environments, impact their cognitive development. During my free time, I love to read and hang out with my dog :).