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Director
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 Daniel N. Klein, Ph.D., is the director of the lab and the principle investigator of the Temperament Study. He received his doctoral degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1983, and is currently a Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University. See his CV here: Curriculum Vitae. |
Graduate Students
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 Alexander Grieshaber, M.A., is a sixth-year graduate student and is currently on internship. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2017. He is interested in studying how individual differences in personality, ERPs, and other measures interact, and how these interactions lead to the development, maintenance, and severity of transdiagnostic psychopathology symptoms. He is particularly interested in how trait-like mechanisms, coupled with life stress, may confer recurrent and persistent psychopathology. |
 Alison Calentino, M.A. is a fifth-year graduate student. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2018. Alison is interested in studying how environmental factors and individual differences in affective processing influence the development and course of depression in adolescents and emerging adults. She is also interested in the role that stressful life events play in these relationships. |
 Thomas Harrison, M.S. is a fourth-year graduate student. He graduated from Albright College in 2018 (B.A.) and Saint Joseph’s University in 2020 (M.S.). Thomas is interested in understanding how adolescents and adults develop internalizing psychopathology, such as depression, and how stress, adversity, and cognitive vulnerabilities can interact in the development, maintenance, and exacerbation of internalizing psychopathology. Thomas plans to examine these research questions through a biopsychosocial lens with a particular focus on the role that stressful life events play in depression. |
Connor L awhead, B.S., is a third-year graduate student. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2020. Connor is interested in using quantitative methods and experience sampling to understand how dimensions of transdiagnostic psychopathology (e.g., irritability, anhedonia) develop across different timescales during adolescence. He is also interested in the underlying mechanisms (e.g. threat and reward processing, cognitive control) that may account for different trajectories of psychopathology. |
 Anjali Poe, B.A. is a second-year graduate student. She graduated from Williams College in 2022. Anjali is interested in understanding how developmental milestones (e.g., puberty) relate to individual trajectories of psychopathology. In addition, she is interested in the role that interpersonal stress plays in the onset and course of psychopathology, especially during those important periods of transition across development. |
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 Lauren Rothburd, B.S. is a master’s student. She graduated from the University at Albany, SUNY in 2021. Lauren is interested in understanding how the interplay of social, environmental, and developmental factors contribute to psychopathology. She is also interested in examining aspects of emotion, stress, and personality and their roles in internalizing disorders. In particular, Lauren plans to investigate these themes as the correlates and outcomes of social media use in young adulthood. |
 Spencer Morenko, B.A. is a current Psychology M.A. graduate student. He graduated from Pitzer College in 2018. Prior to graduate school, Spencer spent five years at the Child Mind Institute where he supported research initiatives and pediatric neuropsychological evaluations. Spencer is interested in understanding societal risk factors that influence the development of adolescent depression, and anxiety disorders. Additionally. he is interested in the role that problematic internet usage has on reported loneliness and suicidal ideation. |
Staff
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 Dawna Shimabukuro, M.Ed., is a Research Support Specialist. She received her Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Washington, and she graduated from Stony Brook University with a B.A. in Psychology. She worked on the pilot project for the Klein lab’s Temperament Study as a post-baccalaureate. After leaving the lab to pursue a Master’s degree and to provide social services to youth, adults, and families, she has returned to the Klein lab to work on data collection for the Temperament Study.
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Daniel N. Klein, Ph.D., is the director of the lab and the principle investigator of the Temperament Study. He received his doctoral degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1983, and is currently a Professor of Psychology at Stony Brook University. See his CV here: Curriculum Vitae.
Alexander Grieshaber, M.A., is a sixth-year graduate student and is currently on internship. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2017. He is interested in studying how individual differences in personality, ERPs, and other measures interact, and how these interactions lead to the development, maintenance, and severity of transdiagnostic psychopathology symptoms. He is particularly interested in how trait-like mechanisms, coupled with life stress, may confer recurrent and persistent psychopathology.
Alison Calentino, M.A. is a fifth-year graduate student. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2018. Alison is interested in studying how environmental factors and individual differences in affective processing influence the development and course of depression in adolescents and emerging adults. She is also interested in the role that stressful life events play in these relationships.
Thomas Harrison, M.S. is a fourth-year graduate student. He graduated from Albright College in 2018 (B.A.) and Saint Joseph’s University in 2020 (M.S.). Thomas is interested in understanding how adolescents and adults develop internalizing psychopathology, such as depression, and how stress, adversity, and cognitive vulnerabilities can interact in the development, maintenance, and exacerbation of internalizing psychopathology. Thomas plans to examine these research questions through a biopsychosocial lens with a particular focus on the role that stressful life events play in depression.
awhead, B.S., is a third-year graduate student. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 2020. Connor is interested in using quantitative methods and experience sampling to understand how dimensions of transdiagnostic psychopathology (e.g., irritability, anhedonia) develop across different timescales during adolescence. He is also interested in the underlying mechanisms (e.g. threat and reward processing, cognitive control) that may account for different trajectories of psychopathology.
Anjali Poe, B.A. is a second-year graduate student. She graduated from Williams College in 2022. Anjali is interested in understanding how developmental milestones (e.g., puberty) relate to individual trajectories of psychopathology. In addition, she is interested in the role that interpersonal stress plays in the onset and course of psychopathology, especially during those important periods of transition across development.
Lauren Rothburd, B.S. is a master’s student. She graduated from the University at Albany, SUNY in 2021. Lauren is interested in understanding how the interplay of social, environmental, and developmental factors contribute to psychopathology. She is also interested in examining aspects of emotion, stress, and personality and their roles in internalizing disorders. In particular, Lauren plans to investigate these themes as the correlates and outcomes of social media use in young adulthood.