Meet the LEEDers
Meet the talented individuals who form the backbone of our team at LEED. Each member brings a unique set of skills, experiences, and passion to the table, contributing to our collective success. Together, we foster a dynamic and collaborative environment where innovation thrives. Explore the profiles below to get acquainted with the faces driving excellence and shaping the future at LEED.
Johanna Bick
Dr. Johanna Bick is an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Houston.
Livia Merrill
Livia’s main research interests explore how adversity affects various aspects of childhood development and the relationships among different factors that contribute to resiliency. For her dissertation, she is currently examining the effects of prenatal stress exposure from Hurricane Harvey on the preschool brain and behavior.
Xinge Li
Xinge’s primary research focus revolves around examining the influence of familial environmental factors, such as family stress, maternal psychological distress, and parenting style, on child psychopathology through the lens of developmental neuroscience.
Kelly Barry
Kelly’s research focuses on understanding how experiences of stress impact brain development during sensitive developmental periods. She is particularly interested in identifying neuroendocrine and cognitive processes that confer risk for psychopathology.
Haley Laughlin
Haley’s research interests include investigating the sources of individual variability of outcomes in children who experience stress and adversity.
Andrea Ortiz
Andrea is a post-bacc in the lab with a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Houston in 2021. She is interested in researching the biological predictors of psychopathology in children following traumatic events.
Anna Galvan
Anna is a research assistant in the lab with a B.S in Psychology and a minor in Biology. She graduated from University of Houston in December 2021. She joined the team in February 2022 and is interested in understanding child’s brain development and how their environments may influence development.
Aila Kahn
Aila is an undergraduate research assistant in our lab. She is currently assisting in hand editing the EEG data for our sustained attention task, supervised by Haley Laughlin.
Maya Flores
Maya is an undergraduate research assistant in our lab. She is currently assisting in hand editing the EEG data for our sustained attention task, supervised by Haley Laughlin.
LEED Alumni
Graduate Students
Rebecca Lipschutz
Brian Biekman
Shutian Shen
Parsa Taheri
Research Assistants
Megan Chan
Ashley Acuna
Maya Ibrahim
Ainash Montgomery
Mikayla Gilliam
Laura Delgado
Maiah Jackson
Oluwashina Ojo
Deja Hatcher
Miranda Dominguez
Kate Koontz
Emmanuel Oketunmbi
Juan Pablo Guardia
Marie Douge
Hana Mohamad
Camila Quintero
Mariana Ramos- Celedon
Natalie Hosseini
Nesreen Mattar
Catherine Ramos