About Us
Erin Kinnally, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
Erin Kinnally is a biological psychologist with expertise in the fields of primate behavior, neuroscience and epigenomics. Dr. Kinnally obtained her PhD at the University of California, Davis and was a Paul Janssen Postdoctoral Fellow in Translational Neuroscience at Columbia University. She is an Associate Professional Researcher in the department of Psychology at UC Davis and a core scientist at the California National Primate Research Center. She is also the director of the Biobehavioral Assessment program at the CNPRC. Recent funding sources include NIA, NICHD, NIAID, NIMH, NIH Office of the Director, the Harry Frank Guggenheim foundation, the Escher Foundation for Autism, and the UC Davis Center for Perinatal Origins of Disease. She is on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Primatology and Environmental Epigenetics.
Lesly Ceniceros, B.S. (UC Davis)
Lesly Ceniceros is a current graduate student in the Kinnally Lab. She graduated from UC Davis with a B.S in Human Development and has been largely interested on the impacts of early life stress. Her work has examined the effects of prenatal relocation stress across various metrics of postnatal resilience during BBA (bio behavioral assessment). Recent awards include Division 6: Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology Pipeline Scholar.
Ashley Cunningham, B.S. (UC Davis)
Junior Specialist
Ashley Cunninham is a junior specialist in the Kinnally Lab. She came to the Kinnally Lab from the Bales Lab for Comparative Neurobiology of Monogamy.
Riya Subedi, B.S. (UC Santa Cruz)
Riya Subedi joined the Kinnally Lab as a junior specialist after graduating with a B.A. in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz. As an undergraduate, she worked as a research assistant in Dr. Boudewyn’s Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and ran EEG studies exploring language comprehension and related cognitive processes. She is interested in studying cognitive impairments in clinical populations and plan to pursue this focus in a doctoral program in the future.
Ansh Jain, B.S. Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (UC Davis)
Ansh Jain is a recent graduate of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at UC Davis. Ansh was awarded the outstanding scholar and distinguished senior in his NPB graduating class. He is interested in learning about the interactions between genetics (especially epigenetics) and real-world behavior. He is also intrigued with the manifestations of autism-like characteristics in primates. He plans to attend medical school in the future.
Kevin Chung, B.S. Candidate, Animal Science
Kevin Chung is 3rd year Animal Science major. He loves playing badminton, singing, and trying out new coffee shops for fun!
Past Kinnally Lab Members
Sophia Lunardi, B.S. candidate Quantitative Psychology (UC Davis, 2024)
Sophia Lunardi is a recent graduate at the University of California, Davis. She is working towards a B.S. in Quantitative Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience. In the Kinnally Lab, she was an APA SUPER fellow, conducting research on depression during pregnancy and the impact of infant development. In the future, she would like to attend graduate school and continue to work in psychology research. She is currently working as an applied behavioral analyst in Sacramento.
