Department of Psychology

Koraly Perez-Edgar

Dr. Perez-Edgar received her A.B. in psychology from Dartmouth College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University.  Dr. Perez-Edgar’s training to date has been under the mentorship of Dr. Jerome Kagan at Harvard University, Dr. Nathan A. Fox at the University of Maryland, and Dr. Daniel S. Pine at the NIMH.  Dr. Perez-Edgar’s research focuses on the relations between temperament and psychopathology with an eye to potential moderating mechanisms.  In conducting her work, Dr. Perez-Edgar has taken a multi-method approach involving direct observation of behavior, cognitive functioning, psychophysiology, and neuroimaging.  Dr. Perez-Edgar is the recipient of numerous awards including an NIMH K01 Career Development Award, a NARSAD Young Investigator Award, a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. 

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Jillian Hardee

Jillian earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from West Virginia University under the mentorship of Dr. Aina Puce. Her graduate work used fMRI to examine how the human amygdala processes facial cues in emotions such as fear and surprise. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Perez-Edgar lab where she will be looking at behavioral inhibition and attention bias in young adults as part of an ongoing study at NIH, as well as continuing to investigate the relationship between the amygdala and emotion.

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Claire Cole

Claire received her B.A. in psychology from Georgetown University in 2004 and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason.  From 2004-2007, she worked as a research assistant in the Georgetown University Pharmacology Department.  Her work has focused on research with both primates and rats.  Her primate research centered on motor disorders relating to Parkinson’s disease, while rat studies focused on the cognitive effects of early treatment with anti-epileptic drugs.  Her research interests include temperamental and emotional development.

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Daniel Zapp

Daniel earned his B.S. in psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason. He worked as a research assistant for Dr. Donald McBurney and as a Systems Analyst for a research corporation in Rockville, MD. His research interests include evolutionary psychology and cognitive development in early childhood.

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Deepti Gupta

Deepti received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology at the University of Delhi and is currently working on her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason. Her research interests include socio-emotional development, parenting styles and early socialization, temperament and anxiety disorders.

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Grace Howarth

Grace received her B.S. in psychology from Virginia Tech where she developed a love for the field while working with Dr. Martha Ann Bell in the Cognition, Affect, and Physiology Lab. She subsequently earned an M.T. in Early Childhood and Developmental Risk from the University of Virginia and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason University. Her research interests include executive functioning, cognitive, social, and emotional development in infancy and early childhood, and the development of attention across the lifespan.

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Nadia Mollinedo

Nadia earned her B.S. in Psychology at George Mason University and is currently pursuing her M.A. in Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason. Her research interests include anxiety disorders, biological bases of anxiety, socio-emotional development and temperament of both young and adolescent children.

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Nicole Bowling

Nicole received her B.A. in psychology in 2007 where working at the Stress and Health Lab sparked her interest for research. From 2008- 2010, as a recipient of an NIH Intramural Research Training Award, she worked with Dr. Stephen Suomi under an NICHD grant. Her research has focused on humans and non human primates, looking specifically at psychological and physiological responses to stressors. She is currently pursuing a M.A. in Applied Developmental Psychology. Her research interests include early life experience, stress, and temperament as they relate to cognitive, social, and emotional development in infancy through adolescence.

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