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Simona Ghetti

Lab Director and Principal Investigator

Professor Ghetti's research focuses on the development of memory and metamemory in childhood. Using behavioral and neuroimaging methods in her Memory and Development Lab, she studies both typical and atypical development of memory in children.

sghetti@ucdavis.edu

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Graduate Students

Nathalie Moriarty

Doctoral Student

Nathalie is a 6th year doctoral student and PhD Candidtate in the lab. Nathalie is broadly interested in how memory develops in young children and the development of metacognition.

ndmoriarty@ucdavis.edu

Nicholas Christopher-Hayes

Doctoral Student

Nick is a 5th year doctoral student and PhD Candidate in the lab. Nicholas' research interests primarily focus on the neural correlates of relational memory and attention.

nchristopherhayes@ucdavis.edu

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Research Staff

Ananya Yogi

Junior Specialist

Ananya is a full-time Junior Specialist. Ananya is broadly interested in how findings in developmental memory research can be applied to education systems worldwide.

ayogi@ucdavis.edu

Anee Guilhot

Junior Specialist

Anee is a full-time junior specialist. Anee is interested in learning about how memories are processed and the interplay between memory development and childhood trauma. She hopes to eventually apply these topics in a clinical setting.

amguilhot@ucdavis.edu

Aya Clear

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Aya is a 4th year undergraduate student studying psychology. Favorite psychology classes are Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Psychology.

afclear@ucdavis.edu

Caroline Elmer

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Caroline is a 3rd year human development and spanish major, with professional interests in developmental psychology and its applications to education.

ceelmer@ucdavis.edu

Erica Dupree

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Erica is a 4th year undergraduate student studying psychology, minoring in education. Her favorite psychology classes are Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology. Her interests are mainly focused on clinical child psychology.

ejdupree@ucdavis.edu

Morgan Peters

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Morgan is a 4th-year undergraduate pursuing a B.S. in Psychology with a biological emphasis and a double-minor in Neuroscience and Human Development.

mtpeters@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Student Alumni

Alireza Kazemi

Postdoc at the University of Utah

Alireza completed his PhD in the lab. Alireza likes to devote his entire professional life to understand and explain the mysteries behind this squishy piece of gray matter in our skulls.

kazemi@ucdavis.edu