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We are a lab of diverse people who bring ideas and insights from multiple disciplines, backgrounds, and life experiences.

Directors

Karen Quigley

Professor, Department of Psychology,
Northeastern University

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Jordan Theriault

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Department of Biology, Northeastern University

Research Affiliate, Department of Radiology, MGH Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

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Lisa Feldman Barrett

University Distinguished Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Northeastern University

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Lab Members

Affiliated Researchers

Joe Andreano, Ph.D.
Changes in emotional memory due to aging

Agostina Casamento-Moran, Ph.D.
Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of fatigue in health and disease

Zulqarnain Khan, Ph.D.
Machine learning models for interdisciplinary applications

Henning Reimann, Ph.D.
Ultrahigh field MR neuroimaging; neural mechanisms of meaning, suffering, and consciousness

Yuta Katsumi, Ph.D.
Multimodal neuroimaging of aging and neurodegenerative dementias

Yorgos Stratis, Ph.D.
Combining physics with machine learning and statistical techniques to study dynamical systems, with emphasis on cognitive systems

Alexandra Touroutoglou, Ph.D.
Human brain in aging, superaging, and in neurodegenerative dementia

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Phil Deming, Ph.D.
Interoception and emotion
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Graduate Students

Clare Shaffer
System-wide metabolic phenotypes of psychiatric disorders and implications for affect and behavior. Google Scholar

Kieran McVeigh
The role of interoceptive information in the construction of affective experiences. Google Scholar

Chelsea Ajunwa
Characterizing and modulating functional brain networks in psychiatric populations Google Scholar

Antonietta Alvarez
Understanding brain metabolic provision, waste clearance, and vascularity in neurological and psychiatric disorders Google Scholar

Maya Barton-Zuckerman
Variation in interoceptive processing in the construction of affective experiences ResearchGate

Serife Leman Runyun
The role of internal bodily states in decision making and error monitoring Google Scholar

Yiyang Gao
Reciprocal body-brain constraints in adaptive and predictive processing ResearchGate

Joshua Paul Rodriguez
Computational structures and tooling for predictive processing and allostasis ResearchGate

Lily Marino
Measuring how contextual factors internal and external to the body shape affective experiences Google Scholar

Research Staff

Aidan Mahoney
Lab Manager, Northeastern University

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Chan Hong
Research Technician, Northeastern University

Lab Cinematographer

Van Yang
Filmmaker and Creative

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Emeritus

Former Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Scientists, and Ph.D. Students

Eric Anderson, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist, Maine Medical Center Research Institute;
Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Keith Aronson, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Social Science Research Institute;
Associate Director, Children, Youth and Families Consortium

Shir Atzil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Hebrew University

Kevin Bickart, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Instructor and Fellow, UCLA Neurobehavior and Neuropsychiatry Program

Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Ph.D.
Professor, University of California, Davis;
Core Scientist, California National Primate Research Center

Lorena Chanes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Maximilien Chaumon, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinièr

Danlei Chen, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow, MIT

Paul Condon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Southern Oregon University

Tamlin Conner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Otago, New Zealand

Candace C. Croney, Ph.D., 1999,
(Penn State University), Professor of Animal Behavior & Well-Being, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Thyra Fossum, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist

Jennifer Fugate, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

Maria Gendron, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Yale University

Peter J. Gianaros, Ph.D., 2000,
(Penn State University), Professor of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Katie Hoemann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Kansas

Ian Kleckner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Maryland-Baltimore.

Jean-Philippe Laurenceau, Ph.D.
Unidel A. Gilchrist Sparks III Chair in the Social Sciences & Professor, University of Delaware

Kristen Lindquist, Ph.D.
Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Spencer Lynn, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Charles River Analytics

Tracey Madden, Ph.D.
Director, Global Leadership and Talent Development at Raytheon

Tuan Le Mau, Ph.D
Innovation Lead, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

Yoshiya Moriguchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Division Chief, Pathophysiology, Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

Suzanne Oosterwijk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam

Ajay Satpute, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University

Myeong-Gu Seo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of Maryland

Erika Siegel, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, FitBit

Alexandra Touroutoglou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Michele M. Tugade, Ph.D.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Chair, Vassar College

Christi Westlin, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital

Mariann Weierich, Ph.D.
James K. and Lois Merritt Mikawa Distinguished Professor, University of Nevada, Reno

Suzanne E. Weinstein, Ph.D., 1999
(Penn State University), Retired, final position: Assistant Vice Provost for Learning Outcomes Assessment, Office of Planning and Assessment, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

Christy Wilson-Mendenhall, Ph.D.
Scientific Lead, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jolie Wormwood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

Jiahe Zhang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northeastern University

Xuan Zhang, Ph.D.
Head Of Business Development, Longteng Electronics Co.

VA Post-Doctoral Fellows Supervised (Quigley)

Lisa Baker, Ph.D., 2005-2006
(VA WRIISC fellow; secondary mentor)

Elizabeth A. D’Andrea, Ph.D., 2005-2008

Jasmine Mote, Ph.D., 2017-2018, Social and Community Reintegration Research (SoCRR) Fellow

Lisa A. McAndrew, Ph.D., 2008-2010 (VA WRIISC Fellow; primary mentor)

Erin D. Reilly, Ph.D., 2016-2023,
VA Rehabilitation Research & Development Career Development Awardee (Mentoring team), Social and Community Reintegration Research (SoCRR) Fellow

Stephanie Robinson, Ph.D., 2017-2024, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR)
Massachusetts Consortium for Cardiopulmonary Implementation Science Scholars (MCCISS) K12 Award (part of the
Center for Translation Research and
Implementation
Science (CTRIS) awarded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (Mentoring team)
Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) Fellow

Isabella M. Rodrigues, Ph.D., 2005-2008