Principal Investigator
Dr. Sarah C. Creel
Dr. Creel was an undergraduate at the University of South Carolina before going to the University of Rochester for a PhD, and the University of Pennsylvania for postdoctoral work. Her interests include the development of word recognition, specificity in acoustical representations, and the role of top-down knowledge in music perception and enjoyment.
Website: https://quote.ucsd.edu/creel/
Graduate Students
Reina Mizrahi
Reina is a PhD student in the Cognitive Science Department. Having grown up as a Spanish-English bilingual, she is interested in bilingual language processing in preschool-aged children and adults. She explores the different types of cues bilinguals use to facilitate bilingual language learning and understanding the mechanisms involved in regulating dual-language activation. Her research makes use of eye-tracking and behavioral techniques. Outside of the lab, she enjoys reading, cooking, and taking walks.
Aiden Iveris
Aiden Iveris is a graduate student in the Cognitive Science Department at UCSD, working with Sarah Creel and Gedeon Deák. Aiden studies auditory perception and development, with a focus on non-linguistic auditory processes, such as perception of environmental sounds and musical structures. Before coming to UCSD, Aiden earned dual degrees in Viola performance and Brain and Cognitive Science from the Eastman School of music and University of Rochester, respectively.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
If you are a past Creel Lab member and don’t see your information posted above, please email Sarah Creel at screel@ucsd.edu when possible
(Also tell us how you are doing, we miss you dearly!)
Lab Alumni
| Postdocs | |
| Carolyn Quam | Assistant Professor, Portland State University |
| Andrew Shibata | SKIM |
| Tzu-Han Zoe Cheng | University of Washington Postdoctoral Scholar |
| Graduate Students | |
| Conor Frye | IQVIA |
| Micah Bregman | McKinsey |
| Carson Miller Rigoli | Arizona State University |
| Emily Robles | UC San Diego PhD Student |
| Lab Managers and Volunteers | |
| Heather Pelton | |
| Elizabeth Groves | |
| Emilie Seubert | |
| Adrienne Moore | PhD UCSD 2018 |
| Annie Ditta | PhD Student UCSC |
| Alicia Escobedo | PhD Student SDSU/UCSD |
| Dolly Rojo | Assistant Prof. Mt. St. Mary’s University, PhD UT Austin 2018 |
| Kristie McCrary Kambourakis | Lab Manager, 2018 |
| Anges Vu | Lab Manager, 2023 |
| Undergrad Honors Students | |
| Kit Albrecht | |
| Shawn Walker | |
| Kristen Muench | |
| Sophie Rushing | |
| Rebecca Roseman | |
| Rana Tabrizi | PhD Student SDSU/UCSD |
| Sofia Jimenez | PhD Vanderbilt University 2018 |
| Madeleine Yu | PhD Student University of Toronto |
| Undergraduate Research Assistants | |
| 2018-2019 | |
| Amanda Ochoa | Betina Karshaleva |
| Connie Chen | Chyi (Felicia) Teoh |
| Jean Hong | Mika Ellison |
| Xuanyu Wu | Yanchang Li |
| Jose Jimenez | Jashan Chahal |
| Cheyenne Yiu | Liana Medeiros |
| Yike Li | Zhenxian Lu |
| Yinxuan Du | Heidy Davila |
| Sebastian Nunez | Nicklas Boyer |
| Niki Saruwatari | Krystyna Olszewska |
| Emily Le | |
| 2017-2018 | |
| Amelia Harrison | Aruroa Sainez |
| Betina Kashaleva | Danny Kovelman-Ottilie |
| Dylan Christiano | Karen Yanes |
| Kartiki Gaur | Kelvin lam |
| Mackenzie Duerksen | Madeleine Yu |
| Morgar King | Nicole Bringham |
| Samantha Ramming | Sofia Zhao |
| Xuanyu Wu | Yanchang Li |
| Ziwen Zeng | |
| 2016-2017 | |
| Alan Yang | Anita Ho |
| Betina Karshaleva | Christal Vo |
| Cindy Perez | Danny Kovelman-Ottilie |
| Eliese Maxwell | Ellie Abrams |
| Hiba Shakir | Lee Anne Mercado |
| Samantha Ramming | Sofia Zhao |
| Sudad Abdulrazak | Yingshi Liang |
| 2015-2016 | |
| Jen Windsor | Issanna Loughman |
| Angelie Tuazon | Jacob Browne |
| Juliana Lydell | Dani Tamura |
| Lee Anne Mercado | Lilly Sarian |
| 2014-2015 | |
| Melody Chen | JC Perches |
| Nick Bokaie | Jasmine Cher |
| Jocelyn Ma | Ming Cheng |
| Priya Saran | Kaila Uniacke |
| Alphonse Owirka | |
| 2013-2014 | |
| Chelsey Kwak | Dina Bseiso |
| Felicia Wenstein | Sophie Rushing |
| Emily Huo | Jessica Chen |
| Joshua Garcia | Mikaela Oen |
| Rachel Kim | Zach Riley |
| 2012-2013 | |
| Sheryl Soo | Robert SooHoo |
| Yuan Chun (Yvonne) Lan | Thao Nguyen |
| Amreeta Jammu | Sheila Soltani |
| Annabelle Cadang | Amber Chung |
| Hansol Yi | Kaili Guo |
| Pauline Arestegui | |
| 2011-2012 | |
| Katharine Caldwell | Christina Lin |
| Allen Hsu | Abraham Chen |
| Vivian Yu | Jonny Wang |
| Guan Wang | Angela Wang |
| Jenna Garafalo | Petra Rupert |
| Katelyn Carmichael | Shawn Cho |
| Hye (Chloe) Lee | Yogendra Saxena |
| 2010-2011 | |
| Katherine Tomas | Robin Blumberg |
| Yao Du | Sieun Lee |
| Angela Chan | Kelsey Hall |
| Sean Kolbu | Kristin McKee |
| Kristina Cruz | Kristi Shiao |
| Marlene Virrey | |
| 2009-2010 | |
| Michelle Heffron | Ruby Delgado |
| Jennifer Padwal | Kristina Manvelian |
| Alicia Zuniga | Karen Chow |
| Alexandra Sparks | Garrett Oyama |
| James Fluty | |
| 2008-2009 | |
| Anastasia Nikoulina | Yoon Cheng |
| Heather Pelton | Grant Sakakihara |
Lab Mascots
