Congrats to graduate student, Jingyi Luo, who received a Gibson award from the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Brain Imaging at OSU to support her research! Jingyi will conduct a novel study examining the brain systems involved in representing interoceptive states during social perception.
Welcome to Dr. Xuan Yang!
The Affective Science Lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Xuan Yang, who will be joining the lab as a postdoc next month! Dr. Yang recently graduated from the University of South Carolina and is an expert in affective computational neuroscience. Dr. Yang will be joining OSU as an inaugural CCBBI Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome to TASL, Xuan!
Congrats to Dr. Natalie Frye on her new position!
Congrats to Dr. Natalie Frye, who will begin a position as an Assistant Professor-Educator at the University of Cincinnati in January!
Congrats to lab alumni on their new positions!
Congrats to Dr. Kent Lee, Dr. Joshua Jackson, and Dr. Ruofan Ma who are each starting new positions this month! Dr. Lee began as an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Dr. Jackson began as an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, and Dr. Ma began as a postdoctoral scholar with appointments at the University of Toronto and Yale School of Medicine. We’re so proud of our lab family!
Dr. Adrienne Bonar gets hooded!
Dr. Adrienne Bonar graduated in August, 2025 but was officially hooded by co-mentor and UNC Professor, Dr. Keely Muscatell at the May 9th, 2026 Doctoral Hooding ceremony. Congrats, Adrienne! We are so proud of you!
Congrats to Jingyi Luo, MS!
Graduate student Jingyi Luo successfully defended her masters thesis entitled Interoception Predicts the Neural Representation of Self and Other in Adolescence. Congrats on achieving this important milestone, Jingyi!
Mourning the loss of Dr. Holly Shablack
It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of lab alumna, Dr. Holly Shablack, who was a graduate student from 2014-2020. Read more about her life and contributions to the lab here.
Ruofan Ma receives a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award!
Congrats to Ruofan Ma, who received a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) from the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. The CPRA program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. Following completion of her clinical internship in June, Ruofan will officially receive her PhD and will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and Yale University School of Medicine!
Congrats to Gretchen Wulfekuhle, MA!
Graduate student Gretchen Wulfekuhle successfully defended her masters thesis entitled Characterizing the Allostatic Interoceptive System Using Graph Theory! Congrats on achieving this important milestone, Gretchen!
The lab to welcome new student Stephanie Forlemu next fall!
Welcome to Stephanie Forlemu, who will join the lab next fall as a member of the OSU Social Psychology Program!
