{"id":2369,"date":"2014-06-03T12:36:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/?page_id=2369"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:07:27","slug":"research-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/home\/research-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Meet our Wonderful Research Team!<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2019\/07\/longerdots.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1539\" height=\"31\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4767 size-full\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2448-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" class=\" wp-image-7682 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2448-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2448-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/files\/2024\/09\/IMG_2448-768x576.jpeg 768w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/profile\/meghan-nyhof\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2024\/04\/headshot-3.5-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Meghan Nyhof<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Lab Manager, Project Coordinator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Postdoctoral Researchers<\/h5>\n<p><span>\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autism\/profile\/pauline-maes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"131\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/autism\/files\/2023\/08\/Pauline_CARE-website-scaled-e1691523420275-262x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Pauline Maes<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Postdoctoral 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