Aaron is a clinical psychologist and affective neuroscientist who received his BA from UC Berkeley, his PhD from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and postdoctoral training at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is interested in better understanding the temporal dynamics of emotion and how they relate to individual differences in risk for psychopathology. He uses a variety of methods including brain imaging (fMRI), psychophysiological (facial EMG, skin conductance) and mobile Health to better understand these relationships.

Prior to attending UM, Lara pursued her undergraduate studies in Behavioral Biology, Psychology and French at Johns Hopkins University, and completed a post baccalaureate fellowship in the Genetic Epidemiology Branch at the National Institutes of Health. She is interested in integrating neuroimaging and Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) to discover how changes in the brain affect real-time emotional fluctuations in individuals with mood disorders.

Bill is interested in affective dynamics, and how individual differences in the features of our emotional lives predict risk and resilience in psychopathology. A goal of Bill's research is to use computational modeling to uncover the factors that compel our emotional lives, and to identify the sources of aberrant affective experiences in clinical populations. As a member of the MANATEE Lab, Bill is involved in the preprocessing and analysis of neuroimaging data, and Ecological Momentary Analysis (EMA) programming and data analysis. In his spare time, Bill practices the trumpet and plays jazz music.

Claire graduated from the University of Miami in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Her research interests include cognitive and affective processes and their role in the development and maintenance of psychopathology. Outside of the lab, she enjoys spending time on the water, exercising, and playing with her dogs and cat.

Sofia is a Neuroscience major with a minor in Chemistry. Her interests include developmental psychology, psychopathology, and the neural mechanisms behind disorders such as depression and anxiety. She plans to pursue a Masters in Neural Engineering alongside her Bachelors of Science. After graduation, Sofia would like to attend medical school and go on to be a psychiatrist. In her free time, she likes to write and read poetry.

Bianca is a neuroscience major with a minor in chemistry. Her main interests include the biological aspects of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school and become a clinical neuroscientist. In her free time, she enjoys running, the beach, and spending time with friends.

Madalyn is a psychology major with minors in microbiology and immunology and sociology. Her main interests include developmental and cognitive psychology. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school and obtain her PhD. In her free time, Madalyn enjoys reading, yoga, and being outdoors.

Grace is a third-year biology major minoring in chemistry and psychology. Her main interests include abnormal psychology and genetics. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school and become a physician. In her free time, Grace enjoys running, reading, and yoga.

Clara is a Neuroscience major with minors in Chemistry, Criminology, and German. She is interested in the biological aspect of psychological disorders, especially personality disorders. While she does not know specifically what she wants to do yet as a career, she will be applying to graduate school and plans to follow a career in neuroscience research. During her free time, Clara enjoys making music, writing, and practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with the UM recreational club.

Anthony is a Psychology and Biology major with a minor in history on the pre-medical track. He is interested in the differences in emotional intelligences between gender and ethnic groups as well as treatments for illness that involve whole body healing. He plans to study osteopathic medicine and apply both psychology and medicine to his future career as a doctor. During his free time he likes to play guitar, write, read, and explore new things to learn, study, or experience.

Layne is a junior majoring in psychology, with minors in biology and journalism. Her main interests are neuropsychology and the biological aspects of psychological disorders. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school to follow a career in psychological research. In her free time, Layne enjoys reading, swimming, and baking.

Craig is a second-year psychology major, interested in the applications of noninvasive neural recording techniques to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of internalizing disorders like anxiety and depression. He plans to study emerging noninvasive technologies, including nanoparticle recording, in graduate school. Outside of the lab, he can (hopefully) be found hiking in the mangroves.

Chris is a junior at University of Miami working toward a B.S. in computer science with a minor in mathematics. His interests include data analytics and machine learning, and how these can be applied to psychology research. He is also interested in psychopathology and its etiology. In his free time he enjoys cooking, baking, and hiking.

Cate's research focuses on characterizing the development and dynamics of the learning, memory, and decision-making processes that shape our behavior. She uses a broad array of methodological approaches to examine the cognitive, computational, and neural processes that inform our choices and actions.

Ross Otto is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at McGill University. Ross’s work relies on a combination of computational, behavioral, and psychophysiological, and (more recently) “big data” techniques to understand how people make decisions both in the laboratory and in the real world. 

Kiara's primary focus lies in researching factors that play a role in the etiology, comorbidity, and maintenance of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. She is particularly interested in translational factors and integrative risk models, including the role of stress, self-regulatory deficits, and emotional tolerance.