Our Team

Meg Cychosz(she/her)

Principal Investigator, Lab Director & Assistant Professor of Linguistics

Assistant professor of linguistics at Stanford directing the Speech and Cognitive Development Lab.

Sonia Patrizi(she/her)

Lab Coordinator & Research Speech-Language Pathologist

Pediatric speech-language pathologist from Italy, lab coordinator at the John Tracy Center.

Julianna Gross

Research Coordinator

Research Coordinator based at Stanford, coordinating activities across campus and the Bay Area.

Daisy Sijia Ye(she/her)

Research Associate

UCLA graduate in Linguistics and Psychology, based at the John Tracy Center.

Valerie Lew(she/her)

Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

M.S., CCC-SLP at the UCLA Speech Clinic, lead SLP on the UCLA Cochlear Implant Team.

Madison Paron

Examines how children learn language in complex environments using social and pragmatic cues.

Arjun

UCLA graduate in Computational Mathematics and Linguistics.

Ali

Second-year MSCS student specializing in AI.

Peter

Senior pursuing B.S. in Symbolic Systems and M.S. in Computer Science.

Audrey

Sophomore studying Data Science.

Landon

Junior studying Computer Science with a concentration in AI.

Nadia(she/her)

B.A. in Cognitive Science from UC Davis, pursuing SLP.

Ivan

Freshman studying Computer Science and Linguistics.

Finn Järvi

Finn is a researcher interested in computational linguistics and general-purpose thinking machines.

Iris

Sophomore pursuing CS on the Computer Engineering track.

Isabella

Sophomore in high school, passionate about psycholinguistics.

Sarah

Senior studying Computer Science (AI) and Data Science.

Vasu(she/her)

Sophomore majoring in Psychology, from India and Colombia.

Jennifer Fung(she/her)

Studying Symbolic Systems, CODA (child of Deaf adults).

Natalia

First year studying Human Biology and Linguistics.

Allie

B.S. in Neuroscience from University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Ido

Sophomore studying Psychology and Human Biology.

Sophie

Sophomore majoring in Human Biology.

Ava

Junior studying Symbolic Systems and Art Practice.

Roxy

UCLA graduate in Linguistics and Psychology.

Monique

Undergraduate in Linguistics and Psychology.

Ellery

Third year Linguistics and Psychology major.

Kali(she/her)

Third-year Linguistics and Psychology major with a minor in Spanish.

Katelyn

Studying Integrative Biology and Physiology.