Our Team
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David J. Barker PhD
Dr. Barker received his BS in psychology at Arizona State University in 2008. He subsequently received his MS and PhD in Psychology from Rutgers University before completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the supervision of Marisela Morales. Dr. Barker Joined the Department of Psychology at Rutgers in 2019 as an Assistant Professor and Core Member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute.
Graduate Students
Jennifer Mejaes- Graduate Student (Fall 2019)
Svetlana Bryant- Graduate Student (Fall 2019)
Chris O’Brien- Graduate Student (Fall 2018)
Olivia DePasquale- Graduate Student (Fall 2023)
Research Assistants
Brooke Tenet
Juju Ha
Annamaria George
Justin Gusovius
Rithikaa Rajendran
Daniel Soler
Kamila Sayed
Jessica Opher
Bay Gordon
Simrun Sobti
Kelsie Baker
Bianca Kurani
Lab Alumni
Dasia Johnson
Sri Guttikonda
Dylan Durand
Ashley Crawley
Carissa Bruno
Yewon Yang
Harshvir Kaur
Jenna Mariotti
Dhruvi Desai
Audrey Terrany
Leah Guerrera
Alan Santhosh
Brandon Martin
China Dix
Meera Krishnan
Brenda Lee
Roshni Vemireddy
Emma Steinbuchel
Carina Pizzano
Samantha Rozatio
Vanshika Bhatia
Julia Glace
Uzma Mohammad
Pavan Yecham