Lab Members

Belle Boccagno

Honorary Member

Belle is a curious and playful tabby cat who joined the lab in Fall 2018. Her primary research interests include understanding why Fancy Feast treats are endlessly appealing, examining the vocal pitch of meows and what pitch is the most effective at...

Chelsea Boccagno

cboccagno@g.harvard.edu

PhD Alumnus & Research Collaborator

Chelsea Boccagno is a recent graduate (2023) of the clinical science program at Harvard University, under the primary mentorship of Dr. Jill Hooley. Her research focus is twofold: (a) examine how identity is linked to emotion, and (b) identify how this...

Jill M. Hooley

jmh@wjh.harvard.edu

Director

Jill M. Hooley is a professor of psychology at Harvard University. She is also the head of the experimental psychopathology and clinical psychology program at Harvard. Dr. Hooley was born in England and received a B.Sc. in Psychology from the University...

Mayron Piccolo

mpiccolo@fas.harvard.edu

College Fellow

Dr. Mayron Piccolo is a psychopathologist and behavior analyst, and is currently a College Fellow in the Department of Psychology, working in the Clinical Research Lab with Dr. Jill Hooley. He is originally from Brazil, where he received a master's in...

Bravo Ferrigno Piccolo

Honorary Member

Bravo has been Dr. Mayron Piccolo's personal research assistant since 2023, but he occassionally receives his own funding to study the optimal speed for catching bunnies and how to break the language barrier between canines and the local Cambridge wild...

Abby Rabinowitz

Research Assistant

Abby Rabinowitz is a junior at Harvard College studying Psychology. Abby’s research interests are broadly related to the intersection of digital spaces and disordered eating symptomology, and how certain cognitive processes may play a role in this...

Kael Ragnini

kragnini@fas.harvard.edu

Graduate Student

Kael Ragnini (she/her) is a second-year PhD student in the Clinical Science program under Dr. Jill Hooley. Her research interests encompass reward learning in psychopathology and the mechanisms underlying risky and/or self-damaging coping behaviors...

Destinee Ramos

Honors Student

Destinee is a Senior at Harvard College studying Sociology and Psychology. She is interested in how young people are interacting with social media content and potential mental health implications. In previous work, Destinee has used wearable technology to...

Gabrielle Wong

Research Assistant

Gabrielle Wong is a third-year undergraduate Psychology student from Hong Kong. She is interested in clinical psychology, wellbeing, mind-body practices, and meditation. In her free time, she enjoys writing poetry, pole dancing, and spending time at the...

Jake Zimmerman

Honorary Member

Jake is a 31-year-old donkey that was adopted (in spirit) by Jordan in May 2023. His research interests include how donkeys use language to communicate with their human parents - specifically, how to tell them that he prefers to spend time with them...

Jordan Zimmerman

jordanzimmerman@fas.harvard.edu

Graduate Student

Jordan Zimmerman is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Clinical Science program at Harvard University, under the mentorship of Dr. Jill Hooley. Jordan’s research interests broadly fall at the intersection of cognition and psychopathology, and how...