Lab Members
 | John D. Herrington (he/him): Principal Investigator I study the emotional experiences of neurotypical and neurodiverse individuals. I am particularly interested in understanding how important emotions are to our fundamental understanding of what autism is. I use a variety of tools to approach this question - from brain imaging (functional and structural MRI), to psychophysiology, to computer vision-driven measures of real-world social and emotional behavior. I completed my masters degree at the University of Cambridge, my PhD at the University of Illinois, and my Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale University. [Email] - [Google Scholar] |
 | Casey Zampella (she/her): Scientist I am a Research Scientist and Licensed Psychologist in the Center for Autism Research and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. I earned my doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rochester, and completed my APA-accredited internship and postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Psychology at CHOP. My research focuses on quantifying movement differences in autism and the impact of movement differences on social communication. I am particularly interested in clinically harnessing computational approaches and dyadic paradigms capable of capturing precise, bidirectional movement cues as they unfold in natural social contexts, in order to ultimately identify biobehavioral markers of autism that can be used for improved early detection and characterization of individual differences. [Email] |
 | Lauren Steinbeck, PsyD (she/her): Clinical Research Psychologist I am a Research Psychologist at the Center for Autism Research (CAR). I earned my doctorate in clinical psychology from La Salle University. After graduation, I completed a one-year neuropsychology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital Lurie Center for Autism in Lexington, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at CAR during which I specialized in early developmental assessment and clinical phenotyping of infants and toddlers. My current role at ENL includes diagnostic assessment and clinical phenotyping of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric diagnoses. My clinical interests more broadly include selective mutism and working with autistic individuals who have selective mutism. [Email] |
 | Ilisa Kaufman (she/her): Psychology Extern I am currently a Doctoral Candidate at Fairleigh Dickinson University. My clinical interests include autism, family therapy, and psychological assessment. [Email] |
 | Maya McNealis (she/her): Clinical Psychology Graduate Student I am a first year clinical psychology graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. My research focuses on better understanding the theoretical and diagnostic overlap between the core characteristics of autism, and co-occuring mental health concerns that frequently come with it. I address this topic using novel computer vision methods to characterize social and emotional behaviors in neurodivergent individuals. Prior to graduate school, I worked in the laboratory of Dennis Wall at Stanford University, also focusing on computer vision and autism. [Email] |
 | Yvonne Yu (she/her): Clinical Research Assistant I graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science in Psychology with First Class Honors from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021. I have worked with clinically and culturally diverse populations across the lifespan in several hospitals and research labs in Hong Kong and the United States, and these experiences have informed my clinical interest in providing empirically and culturally informed care to the neurodivergent youth population, and in examining the potential cultural and racial disparities in autism identification, manifestation, and perception. Ultimately, I plan to pursue a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. [Email] |
 | Calliana Faulk (she/her): Technology Specialist I implement a variety of computational and data analytic elements across ENL research studies. I have a particular focus on electrocardiography data, and how this can be integrated with simultaneously collected video data capturing facial expressions and gestures. Prior to joining ENL I received my Bachelors degree in Cognitive Psychology and Computer Science at Renssselear Polytechnic Institute. [Email] |
 | Caitlyn Kim (she/her): Clinical Research Assistant I received by B.A. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2023. I am interested in research on youth autism and co-occurring conditions, especially ones that can be translated into prevention and intervention programs. I hope to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology with a focus on youth mental health in the near future. [Email] |
| Lab Alumni Elizabeth Kaplan Kahn, Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2023 now Scientist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Jessica Foy, Clinical Research Assistant 2020-2023 now graduate student at the University of Connecticut Virginia Carter Leno, Visiting Scholar 2020 now Wellcome Trust Career Development Award Fellow, Kings College London Lucero Cordero, Clinical Research Assistant 2017-2018 now medical student at Loyola University Chicago Heather Nuske, Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2016 now Faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Steffie Chia-Hsuan Lin, Undergraduate Fellow 2013 now PhD student in Biology at Temple University Daniel Bloodgood, Clinical Research Assistant 2012-2013 now medical student at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Alana McVey, Clinical Research Assistant 2012-2013 now Faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle Keiran Rump, Postdoctoral Fellow 2012-2013 now Faculty at the Center for Mental Health, University of Pennsylvania Julie Worley, Postdoctoral Fellow 2012-2013 ow Faculty at the Center for Mental Health, University of Pennsylvania Kathryn Roberts, Graduate Student Fellow 2011-2016 now practicing Clinical Psychologist, HARBOR, Philadelphia, PA Daniel Giovannelli, Undergraduate Fellow 2011-2012 now Software Engineer at Google Ivy Giserman-Kiss, Clinical Research Assistant 2011-2012 now Research Fellow in the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Phenotyping Service, NIH Arianna Esposito, Undergraduate Fellow Fellow 2010-2012 now Director of Lifespan and Supports, Autism Speaks Connor Kerns, Graduate Fellow 2010-2012 now Faculty at the University of British Columbia Lauren Bradstreet, Clinical Research Assistant 2010-2011 now Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Kennedy Krieger Institute |