# People ## expand\_more ## Principal Investigator [### Randy L Buckner ](/people/randy-l-buckner) [randy\_buckner@harvard.edu](mailto:randy_buckner@harvard.edu)Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Randy is the Sosland Family Professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience at Harvard University affiliated with the Center for Brain Science and Director of the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Division at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also on... ![screen_shot_2022-02-17_at_11.24.54_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screen_shot_2022-02-17_at_11.24.54_am.png?itok=hhODFgfL) ## Postdoctoral Fellows [### Adam Stark ](/people/adam-stark) Psychiatry Resident Adam is a psychiatry resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He completed an MD at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where he had the opportunity to develop experience with structural, functional, and molecular imaging to better characterize... ![Adam_Stark](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/stark_adam_j_gray.jpg?itok=kW19BiQx) [### Anne Billot ](/people/anne-billot) Postdoctoral Fellow Anne is a postdoctoral fellow in the Buckner Lab. She received her PhD in Neuroscience from Boston University where she worked with Prof. Swathi Kiran and Prof. Evelina Fedorenko on the neuroplasticity of the language network in people with post-stroke... ![Anne Billot Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/buprofile.jpeg?itok=GGSRBoqT) [### Elham el Hallak ](/people/elham-el-hallak) Postdoctoral Fellow Elham is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Buckner Lab. She earned her MD from the American University of Beirut and an MSc in Human Tissue Repair from University College London. She’s interested in research focusing on early detection and treatment of... ![Elham El Hallak](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Screenshot%202025-08-26%20at%202.36.52%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=4_xFF93v) [### Jingnan Du ](/people/jingnan-du) Postdoctoral Fellow Jingnan is a postdoctoral fellow in the Buckner lab, where he studies how higher-order cognitive functions are organized in the human association cortex. By combining precision neuroimaging with novel computational approaches, he recently explored the... ![screen_shot_2022-02-17_at_11.40.28_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screen_shot_2022-02-17_at_11.40.28_am.png?itok=Nn3-xZ4n) [### Setayesh Radkani ](/people/setayesh-radkani)Postdoctoral Fellow Setayesh’s research focuses on understanding the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying social learning and decision-making. During her PhD at MIT, she combined behavioral experiments and computational modeling to investigate how adults and children... ![Setayesh_Radkani](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/Setayesh_Bucknerlab_website.jpg?itok=8x2RhyfL) [### Yiren Ren ](/people/yiren-ren) [yiren\_ren@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:yiren_ren@fas.harvard.edu)Postdoctoral Fellow Yiren is a postdoctoral fellow in the Buckner Lab. She received her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research uses neuroimaging methods and computational modeling to investigate how the human brain learns and... ![Yiren Ren](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-02/Yiren_headshot.jpeg?itok=H7UDaQEY) ## Graduate Students [### Gabrielle de Weck ](/people/gabrielle-de-weck) Graduate Student Gabrielle is a PhD student in the Cognition, Brain, and Behavior program of the Psychology Department. She received her B.S. in Biopsychology and B.A. in French from Tufts University in 2021, where she worked with Professor Ayanna Thomas in the Cognitive... ![Gabrielle de Weck headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-07/GDW_headshot.jpeg?h=4aa7619b&itok=d6cxCQ-R) [### Penghui Du ](/people/penghui-du) Visiting Graduate Student Penghui is a visiting master’s student in the Buckner Lab, supported by the Bertarelli Fellowship. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Neuro-X at EPFL, with a strong interest in precision neuroimaging and non-invasive neuromodulation techniques... ![Penghui](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-10/Image.png?itok=SgB6fndO) [### Lin Du ](/people/lin-du) Visiting Graduate Student Lin is a visiting Master’s student in the Buckner Lab. He is pursuing a M.Eng. in Computer Science at the State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience at the McGovern Institute at Beijing Normal University, where he works with Dr. Bing Liu. He obtained his B.Eng... ![Lin Du_headshot.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/Lin%20Du_headshot.jpeg?h=4814b620&itok=S7nkRNUV) [### Wendy Sun ](/people/wendy-sun) [wen\_sun@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:wen_sun@hms.harvard.edu)Graduate Student Wendy is an MD/PhD student in Biological & Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical School, supported by the PD Soros Fellowship. She received her B.S. in Neuroscience from Yale in 2018, where she worked with Dr. Hedy Kober to study food choice and... ![screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.39.05_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.39.05_am.png?itok=MY_LZhpq) [### Xiangyu (Alaric) Wei ](/people/xiangyu-alaric-wei) [xiangyu\_wei@g.harvard.edu](mailto:xiangyu_wei@g.harvard.edu) Alaric is a Ph.D. student in the Cognition, Brain and Behavior program of the Psychology Department. He received his B.S. in Psychology and B.S. in Machine Learning & Neural Computation from UC San Diego in 2021, where he worked with Dr. Deborah... ![Profile picture for Xiangyu (Alaric) Wei](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/alaric_img_20220121_135926.jpg?itok=sIKaKoGt) ## Undergraduate Students [### Patrick Dinu ](/people/patrick-dinu)Summer Student I am from Romania and a rising junior at Princeton University, majoring in Neuroscience and minoring in Bioengineering and Global Health, and Health Policy, while following a pre-med track. My interest in medicine comes from my grandmother, who is a... ![Patrick Dinu](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/Headshot%20Photo%20-%20Princeton%20Prox.jpeg?itok=uWsw15TF) [### Theo Tobel ](/people/theo-tobel-0) Undergradate Research Assistant Theo Tobel is a sophomore in Dunster House concentrating in Philosophy and Neuroscience. He is interested in studying the network-level effects of non-invasive brain stimulation and altered states of consciousness, as well as exploring how the evolution... ![Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-05/Screenshot%202025-05-12%20at%2011.50.55%20AM.png?itok=dhniG46j) [### Jessica Zhuo ](/people/jessica-zhuo) Undergraduate Student Jessica Zhuo is a sophomore in Cabot House concentrating in Neuroscience on the Honors Mind, Brain, & Behavior track . Her research interests lie in neurodegeneration, precision medicine, and neuroimaging. She is also passionate about health & educational... ![Jessica Zhuo Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/headshot.jpg?itok=xXgrlHOL) ## Research Assistants [### Antonina Kilian ](/people/antonina-kilian) Research Assistant Antonina is a Research Assistant in the Buckner Laboratory. She graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience as well as Classical Archaeology. As an undergraduate, she was a member of the... ![RA_Antonina](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/img_6049.png?itok=ylf-UbNr) [### Lizzy Kulick ](/people/lizzy-kulick) Research Assistant Lizzy is a Research Assistant in the Buckner Laboratory. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2026 with a B.A. in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience and minors in Biology: Neuroscience and Anthropology. In... ![Lizzy_Kulick](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/Lizzy_Kulick.png?itok=Uhz65d-o) [### Hannah Piccirilli ](/people/hannah-piccirilli) Clinical Research Coordinator Hannah is a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Eldaief Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and collaborates with the Buckner Lab at Harvard University. She graduated summa cum laude from Westminster College with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a B.A. in... ![Hannah_Piccirilli](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-07/Hannah_Piccirilli.jpg?itok=A7G6ooXr) [### Kathryn Rodrigues ](/people/kathryn-rodrigues) Clinical Research Coordinator Kathryn is a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Eldaief Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and collaborates with the Buckner Lab at Harvard University. She graduated from Yale University in 2024 with a B.S. in Psychology and the History of Science... ![Kathryn Rodrigues Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/kathryn_headshot.jpg?itok=VOniL0I1) [### Abbey Russell ](/people/abbey-russell) Research Assistant Abbey is a Research Assistant in the Buckner Laboratory. She graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 2025 with a B.A. in Psychological and Brain Sciences: Cognitive Neuroscience, along with minors in Anthropology: Global... ![Abbey Russell's headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Abbey.jpeg?h=d2a84270&itok=yjQUO1iv) [### Siya Saraswat ](/people/siya-saraswat) Clinical Research Coordinator Siya is a Clinical Research Coordinator in the Eldaief Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and collaborates with the Buckner Lab at Harvard University. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2026 with a B.S. in psychology and neuroscience... ![Siya Saraswat](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-05/IMG_5269%20%281%29.jpg?itok=Sormu3L1) ## Affiliated Investigators [### Habiballah Rahimi Eichi ](/people/habiballah-rahimi-eichi)Instructor of Psychiatry Habib is an Instructor of Psychiatry affiliated with the Buckner lab. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from NC State University. With his background in control systems and big data analysis, he is interested in investigating the correlation... ![screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.56.45_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.56.45_am.png?itok=68C0SHyC) [### Mark Eldaief ](/people/mark-eldaief) Asst Professor of Neurology Mark Eldaief, MD, MMSc is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His research involves the use of non-invasive stimulation to modulate intrinsic functional networks. He uses functional... ![screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.53.32_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.53.32_am.png?itok=ay2uSiln) [### Noam Saadon-Grosman ](/people/noam-saadon-grosman) Postdoctoral Fellow Noam is a postdoctoral fellow interested in brain functional topographies, mainly of the somatomotor representations. She aims towards their characterization within individual brains. Also, understanding the somatomotor topography as part of the large... ![screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.25.42_am.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screen_shot_2022-02-28_at_10.25.42_am.png?itok=kHDFLub-) ## Faculty Support [### Whitney Villagran ](/people/whitney-villagran) Faculty Support Specialist Faculty: Buckner, Gershman, Phelps, Somerville, Ullman Before joining Harvard, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston and double majored in Psychology and English. My past experiences in my career have built a good foundation with strong skills in adaptability, time management, customer... ![Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum9456/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/cnlbuckner/files/screenshot_2023-06-06_at_1.39.55_pm.png?itok=I_QJcQkf)