Mariah L. Pospisil, M.Ed, is a lifelong educator and advocate for students with dyslexia. After receiving her A.B. in Psychology from Harvard College, Mariah earned her teaching credential and Master of Education as an Education Specialist, Mild/Moderate from Notre Dame de Namur University.
Siddarth graduated from UC Berkeley in 2024 with a Bachelor's in Cognitive Science and Psychology and a minor in Data Science. He joined the ALBA Lab as a Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator on the Language/PPA Team. At UC Berkeley, Sid worked with Dr. Matthew Walker at the Center of Human Sleep Science on a longitudinal study with elder adults investigating the role of sleep in wellness and disease. Sid is interested in studying the mechanisms behind neurodegeneration and protective factors, along with focusing interventions to underserved communities.
David is a Staff Research Associate at the ALBA Lab working under Dr. Jet Vonk on dementia research. He graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Computer Science and has previously worked at the Taub Institute at Columbia University Medical Center. His work focuses on generating new automated methods for analyzing verbal fluency across different languages.
Lucienne Vintaer is the Executive Administrative Assistant to Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini. Born and raised in San Francisco, she earned her BA degree at Scripps College of the Claremont Consortium and found her interest in organizational administration working for the University's Disability Resource Center, serving individuals with varying neurodivergence.
Jet Vonk is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Memory and Aging Center of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She earned her first PhD in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences from the City University of New York Graduate Center, with a specialization in neurolinguistics and cognitive science, and her second PhD in Epidemiology with a specialization in medical statistics from Utrecht University. Her research focuses on developing innovative, language-based cognitive tools for early diagnosis and longitudinal monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.
Mónica Zegers is a postdoctoral scholar at the UCSF Dyslexia Center. She obtained a B.A. in Psychology and a professional degree in Clinical Psychology at Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Human Development and Education at UC Berkeley.
