YAU LAB

People

Principal Investigator

JEFFREY YAU

Jeff Yau received his B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University under Ed Connor and Steven Hsiao and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Neurology Department of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in the lab of John Desmond.

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Postdoctoral Researchers

Jose Vergara de la Fuente

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“Nothing like a good spicy taco after an intriguing movie.”

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Kevin Ung

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“Friction on the fingertips while rock climbing.”

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Graduate Students

Juan Carlos Ramirez

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“The feeling of acceleration, free falling, or looking off the edge.”

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Elise Denghausen

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“I love the smell of rain on hot pavement (petrichor).”

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Ana Daniela Del Rio Pulido (Dani)

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“My top sensory experiences are the warmth felt through my hands while holding my morning tea, feeling the breeze when I ride my bike, and, of course, dancing with other humans!”

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Lead Scientific Programmers

Jing Lin

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“The feeling after running.”

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Jian Chen

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“My favorite sensation is the feeling right after high intensity workout.”

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Research Technicians

Dain Rust

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“My favorite sensation is the feeling of weightlessness you get when underwater.”

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Lab Supervisor

Katie Steck

What is your favorite sensory experience?
“I love the feeling of warm showers, slow intentional touch on my hands, and the translucent golden-green color of leaves at sunset.”

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 Collaborations

We value collaboration and connection with other labs and institutions. Contact us here if you are interested in a collaborative project!

 Lab Alumni

  • Alix Macklin (Graduate Student): Now at Duke University’s SPACE lab
  • Brandon Kim (Rotation Student)
  • Aishwarya Mantagani (High School Research Assistant)
  • Britya Ghosh (Rotation Student)
  • Aaisha Sheth, MA (Visiting Scholar)
  • Patrick Realyvasquez (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Lingyan Wang (Graduate Student)
  • Radha Malhotra (Undergraduate Researcher)
  • Claudia Tischler (Rotation Student)
  • Todd Winn (Rotation Student)
  • Claire Cho (Rotation Student)
  • Lexi Crommett (Graduate student): now at MathWorks
  • Shoaibur Rahman (Graduate student): now at Facebook
  • Liz Halfen (Graduate student): now at HTX Labs
  • Hyuntaek Oh, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Associate): now Assistant Professor at BCM
  • Silvia Convento, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Associate): now at Google
  • Alexis Perez-Bellido, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Associate): now PI at University of Barcelona
  • Kelly Barnes, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor): now Professor at San Jacinto College
  • Steffie Tomson, Ph.D. (Staff Scientist): now Assistant Professor at BCM
  • Allen Lin (Lab Manager)
  • Janelle Markovich (Lab Coordinator)
  • Swati Pandita (Research Assistant)
  • Dakarai McCoy (SMART-PREP Scholar)
  • Katharine Pyron (Masters in Orthotics and Prosthetics)
  • Patrick Hing (Masters in Orthotics and Prosthetics)
  • Austin Davids (Masters in Orthotics and Prosthetics)
  • Lucy Lai (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Ryan Pappal (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Kira Wegner-Clemens (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Akshat Patel (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Richard Branscomb (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Stephanie Chen (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Helen Hoover (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Grace Flink (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Deeksha Madala (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Chandler Shannon (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Ethan Lau (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Adrish Anand (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Jennifer Mathews (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Yash Wani (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Sriparna Sen (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Sophia Chang (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Snigdha Banda (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Grace Lu (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Franklin Zhang (Undergraduate Research Assistant)
  • Zhuoyang “Gio” Li (Undergraduate Research Assistant)