{"id":3104,"date":"2014-07-28T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/?page_id=3104"},"modified":"2023-06-07T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T20:09:36","slug":"meet-our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/developing-minds-lab\/meet-our-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Lab Director<\/h2>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-8118 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-lab-director\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/melissa-m-kibbe\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"126\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2022\/10\/PXL_20230206_152406726_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Melissa Kibbe, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Lab Director<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-8653 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-grad-student\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/rahma-mbarki-2\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_4315.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Rahma Mbarki<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-9193 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-grad-student\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/julia-mcclellan\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"136\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2024\/09\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Julia McClellan<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-6659 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-grad-student\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/esra-nur-kucuk\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"135\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2020\/08\/IMG_8360.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Esra Nur Turan-K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<h2>Research Assistants<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t<ul 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width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/IsabelleGibsondmlpicture.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Isabelle Gibson<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-9350 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-ra\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/yukefan-nemo-he\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"149\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/05\/Nemo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Nemo He<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-9513 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-ra\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/gianni-kolias\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/image0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Gianni Kolias<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-9354 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-ra\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/ella-mccarthy\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/05\/ella_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Ella McCarthy<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-9504 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-ra\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/amanda-park-2\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/09\/Amanda-Park-Headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Amanda Park<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-9364 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-ra\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/julia-rosenberg\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"85\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2025\/05\/489127966978220615.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Julia Rosenberg<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2016\/12\/20161214_130709-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Postdoc and Graduate Student Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-3515 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-dml-alum\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/jessica-beal-b-a\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2017\/05\/Jessica-Beal-477x636-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Jessica B. Applin, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-4883 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-dml-alum\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/tashauna-blankenship-phd\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"128\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2017\/06\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Tashauna Blankenship, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-6184 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-dml-alum\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/chen-cheng\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"128\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2019\/08\/2020resized-pic.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Chen Cheng, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced post-5133 profile type-profile status-publish hentry affiliation-dml title-dml-alum\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/profile\/praveen-kenderla\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2017\/09\/IMG_5510-2-1-e1506542034585-477x636-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Praveen Kenderla, PhD<\/h6>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-08-at-10.06.34-AM.png\"><\/a><a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship-636x358.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship-636x358.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/files\/2021\/08\/20201-Summer-Internship-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/cdl\/files\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-08-at-10.06.34-AM.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Join our team! \u00a0Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/developing-minds-lab\/for-students\/\" title=\"For Students\">For Students<\/a>\u00a0page to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lab Director Graduate Students Research Assistants Postdoc and Graduate Student Alumni &nbsp; Join our team! \u00a0Check out our For Students\u00a0page to learn more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6817,"featured_media":0,"parent":3091,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3104"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8380,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3104\/revisions\/8380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cdl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}