Ellen Habteyonas

Junior Specialist

Advisor

Research Area

Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology

Biography

Ellen received her B.S. in Cognitive Studies and B.A. in Medicine, Health, and Society at Vanderbilt University (2025). She previously worked as a research assistant in the Vanderbilt Stress and Early Adversity (SEA) Lab and as a research intern in the Yale Social and Cognitive Development (SCD) Lab. Her research interests center on how environmental factors shape socioemotional and cognitive development in early childhood, especially the effects of chronic stress and instability. She is now the lab manager in Dr. Annie Wertz’s Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at UCSB.