Team
Current MIT Members
Rosalind Picard,
Sc.D/FIEEE
(Principal Investigator)
Dr. Picard is a Professor in MIT’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences and a founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab.
Szymon Fedor,
PhD
(Co-Investigator)
Dr. Fedor is a Research Scientist in the MIT Media Lab.
Asma Ghandeharioun,
MSc
(Graduate Student)
Darian Bhathena,
BSc
(MEng Student)
Darian Bhathena is a Master’s student in the Affective Computing group at the Media Lab. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from MIT in 2020.
Noah Faro,
Undergraduate
(UROP Student)
Noah Faro is an undergraduate at MIT studying Computer Science and Engineering with a Minor in Biology. He was formerly a researcher in the Langer Lab at the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research.
Shreya Pandit,
Undergraduate
(UROP Student)
Shreya Pandit is an undergraduate student at MIT double majoring in Computer Science and Cognitive Science. She previously conducted research with the Personal Robots Group and Civic Media Group in the Media Lab.
Current MGH Members
Paola Pedrelli,
PhD
(Principal Investigator)
Dr. Pedrelli is the Director of Dual Diagnoses Studies at the DCRP at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School.
David Mischoulon,
MD/PhD
(Investigator)
Dr. David Mischoulon, MD, PhD, is the Joyce R. Tedlow Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the Director of the Depression Clinical and Research Program (DCRP) at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Joshua Curtiss,
PhD
(Clinical Research Coordinator)
Joshua E. Curtiss, PhD, is completing a post-doctoral fellowship with the DCRP at Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed his PhD at Boston University and his predoctoral internship at MGH.
Anika Dalvie,
B.A.
(Clinical Research Coordinator)
Anika Dalvie is a first-year Clinical Research Coordinator at the DCRP. She graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology.
Charlotte Lynskey,
B.A.
(Clinical Research Coordinator)
Charlotte Lynskey is a first-year Clinical Research Coordinator at the DCRP. She graduated with honors from Bates College in 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology.
Former Members
- Michael Pittman (Clinical Research Coordinator)
- Bridget Wallace (Clinical Research Coordinator)
- Olivia Valle (UROP Student)
- Jonathan Alpert (Principal Investigator)
- Lisa Sangermano (Research Assistant)
- Dawn Ionescu (Investigator)
- Marek Subernat (UROP Student)
- Chelsea Dale (Research Assistant)
- Esther Howe (Research Assistant)
- John Lin (Research Assistant)
- Sarbari Sarkar (UROP Student)