
Dr. Jennifer Arnold, PI (she/her)

Elaine Ye, graduate student (she/her)

Simantika Roy, , PhD student 2022-

Feyza Nur Dik, PhD student 2022-

James Kesan, graduate student 2023-

Ranjani Venkatesh, RA 2021-

Nicholas Payst, RA 2021-

Halden Levin, RA 2022-

Gabrielle Garner, RA 2022-23 (she/her)

Rowena Luo, RA 2022-24 (she/her)

Valentina Fernandez Escalona, RA 2023-

Jasper Yuetong Liu, RA 2023-
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS

Kathryn Weatherford, graduate student (she/her)

Elyce Johnson, PhD student 2015-2022

Valerie Langlois, PhD student 2015-2021

Jiefang Li, UNC Linguistics

Sandy Zerkle, MA 2018, now data scientist at Los Alamos

Iris Strangmann, visiting graduate student 2015-16, now graduate student at CUNY

Dr. Elise Rosa, Ph.D. 2015, now data scientist at Invesco

Dr. Jason Kahn, Ph.D. 2015, now data scientist at Allstate

Dr. Alex Christodoulou; Ph.D. 2012, now VUI designer for Alexa Auto at Amazon

Dr. Yi-Ting Huang, postoc 2009-11, now prof at UMD

Dr. Becky Nappa, postdoc 2007-2008, now researcher at Amazon
FORMER LAB MANAGERS

Giulia Pancani, 2010-12

Kellen Carpenter, 2008-10

Shin-Yi Lao, 2005-2008
FORMER UNDERGRADUATE RAS

Eliza Cook, RA 2022-23

Kally Kumnick, RA 2021-23 (she/her)

Caitlin Thompson, RA 2021-23 (she/her)

Ana Kisley, RA 2022-23 (any pronouns)

Soumya Gudipudi, RA 2022-23 (she/her)

Morgan Davis, RA 2022-23 (she/her)

Jane Xing, RA 2022-23 (she/her)

Avery Wall, RA 2019- 2022

Eri Kakoki, RA 2020- 2022

Sayoni Ghosh RA spring 2021-fall 2022 (she/hers/hers)

Zach Vig, RA 2021-22

Sindhura Kondaveeti, RA 2021-22 (she/her/hers)

Megan Bishop, RA 2021-22 (she/her/hers)2

Maria Carvajal, RA 2021-22 (she/her/hers)2

Lucia Wang, RA 2021-22 (she/her/hers)

Keegan Owens, RA 2021-22 (she/her/hers)

A’sjei Scott, RA 2021-22 (he/they)

Rowan Davis, RA 2021 fall (they/them/theirs)

Ashleigh Davis, RA 2021 fall (she/her/hers)

Lauren Morgan, RA 2021 spring

Taylor Steele, RA, 2018- 2021

Emma Caulfield RA fall 2020- (she/her/hers)

Venkat Ravuri, RA 2020- (he/him/his)

Lamar Richards, RA 2020-2022

Caitlin Huguely, RA spring 2021 (she/her/hers)

Hannah SmithRA spring 2021 (she/hers/hers)

Braxton Hawkins, RA summer 2019- spring 2021 (he/him/his)

Atziri Marquez, Swarthmore student

Genevieve Franck, Mt. Holyoke student

Gustavo Nativio, RA 2020

Heather Mayo (she/her/hers; RA fall 2018-spring 2020)

Dariath Klibanow, RA 2017-2020

Lisa Dong, RA, 2019-20

Shuang Guan, RA summers 2019-20

Sophia Barsanti, RA, 2017-19

Madison Goers, RA, 2017-19

Ty’oshia Morgan, RA 2018

Carlie Vasquez, RA 2017-18

Simon Wolf, RA Summer 2017

Grant Egnatz, RA Summer 2017

Alex Walker (RA summer 2017)

Kaeley Jenkins, RA, 2017-18

Saradine Pierre, RA 2016-2017

Leah Daniel, RA 2016-2017

Harvey Liu, RA 2016-2017

Chris Armistead, RA 2016-2017

Ana Medina-Fetterman, RA 2016-2017

Liz Reeder, RA & Honors Thesis Advisee 2016-2017

Margarita Rodriguez, RA, 2016-18

Leah Daniel, RA

Sa’Mone Burton, recent high school graduate at NC Science and Math

Leela Rao, 2014-16

Jacob Pascual, 2015-16

Jenna Roller, 2015-16

Kirsten Bubak, 2015-16

Brianna Torres, RA 2015-16

Anita Simha, 2013-14

Billy Marinello, 2013-14

Bryan Smith, 2013-14

Emily Andino

Taylor Beard, 2013-14

Natashha Vasquez, RA 2013-14

Luke Miller

Natalie Feingold

Ivy Hauser,

Ingrid Tablazon, NC Science and Math student

Michel Chen

Lap-Ching Keung, 2011-12

Richard Harenberg 2011-12

Jennifer LIttle, 2011-12

Isaac Hellemn, 2011-12

Michael Parrish 2010-11

Kayla Finch, 2010-11

Alyssa Ventimiglia, 2009-10

Natalia Bermudez, 2009-10

Sidney Holt, 2010-11

Andrs Buxo, 2010-11

Molly Bergeson, 2010-11

Elizabeth Wagstaff, 2010-11

Sam Handel, 2009-10

Leighanne McGill, 2009-10

Nate Cosby, 2008-9

Jennifer Tate, 2008-9

Lorelle Babwah, 2007-8

Jordan Todd, 2006-7

Cathleen Sparks, 2006-7

Amber Turner, 2006-7

Glenn Kern, 2004-2007

Tatiana Meteleva, 2004-5

Selena Beckman-Harned, 2005-6