Julia M. McClellan, B.S.
1st year PhD student
Developing Minds Lab, PI: Dr. Melissa Kibbe
Developmental Science PhD program,
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,
Boston University
Recent News...
February 2025: Received the Clara Mayo Memorial Fellowship to fund my research and myself this summer!
September 2024: Started my PhD in Developmental Science at Boston University, mentored by Dr. Melissa Kibbe in the Developing Minds Lab!
August 2023: presented my poster titled "Do Infants Percieve Audio-Visual Temporal Synchrony in a Categorical or Continuous Manner?" at the 3rd Annual Yale Postgraduate Symposium!
May 2023: elected to the Executive Board of the Yale Postgraduate Association (chair of the Career Development committee)!
February 2023: gave a research talk at the Yale Post Graduate Association's "Let's Talk Research" Series!
January 2022: invited to be a Psychology alumni panelist at UCSC!
August 2022: invited to give a Science Internship Program (SIP) talk to high school students interning in the UCSC Psychology Department!
June 2022: graduated from UCSC with highest honors!
June 2022: accepted an offer to join the LLAMB Lab!
May 2022: received the Robert Glushko Award for Outstanding Research in Cognitive Science for 2022!
April 2022: presented my senior research thesis at the 13th annual California Cognitive Science Conference at UC Berkeley!
March 2022: received a grant from the Stevenson Student Research Fund for my senior research thesis!
Hello!
My name is Julia, and I am an early career research scientist interested in all things brain(y). I am in my first year of my PhD at Boston University, mentored by Dr. Melissa Kibbe in the Developing Minds Lab.