Meet Our Team
See the faces behind the amazing work created by our lab
LEAD STAFF

Leanne Chukoskie
Principal Investigator
Dr. Leanne Chukoskie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Science in the Bouvé College of Health, and the Games Program in the College of Arts, Media, and Design at Northeastern University. Her researcher focuses on sensory-motor behavior, especially eye movement behavior and its neural correlates across both typical and atypical development.

Ara Jung
Lab Supervisor
Ara has merged her background in psychology and love for games to pursure her Masters for Game Science and Design at CAMD with a focus on user experience (UX). She continues to be an active member of the Games Research and User Experience Group to further integrate UX principles into the lab’s projects.
GRADUATE STUDENTS

Minxin Cheng
Doctorate Program in Human Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences
Minxin Cheng finished her BA in television editing and journalism and earned her MA in digital media design. She joined the PTHMRS program and the ReGame-XR Lab in 2019. Her work focuses on individual factors and contextual factors that impact children’s motor learning in virtual environments, with the ultimate goal of creating transferrable knowledge on using immersive virtual reality to improve children’s motor function rehabilitation.

Sundararaman Rengarajan
Doctorate Program in Human Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences
Sundar’s primary research focuses on understanding the theoretical framework of Active Inference under multi-sensory conflict in individuals with Autism through the use of sensor technologies. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from, a Master’s degree in Immunology from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and another Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. He started his PhD at UC San Diego with Dr. Chukoskie in the UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders before joining.

Trent Simmons
Doctorate Program in Human Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences
Trent’s research interests involve the creation of novel virtual reality interventions for use in various non-neurotypical disorder treatments. He is focused on using his time as a student to hone his skills for this kind of work, and plan to take his talents into the private sector with the goal of helping as many people as possible.

Naren Mohan
Master's in Data Analytics Engineering
Naren is focusing on the predictive analytics and classical modeling techniques for statistical inference on finger tracking and eye movement behavior to learn and apply data science and visualization techniques in the healthcare domain in order to bring out the key insights and explain the story behind the data.

Uri Seitz
Doctorate Program in Interdisciplinary Design and Media
Uri’s primary research interest is in designing AAC devices and systems to increase the autonomy of, and reduce stigmatization against, minimally verbal individuals with autism. Using his background in computer science, he seeks to utilize an iterative participatory design approach that includes individuals with autism, clinicians, researchers, parents, teachers, and communication partners within the design process.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Nathaniel Sawant
Khoury College of Computer Science
Concentration in Artificial Intelligence looking to integrate with other disciplines

Brendan Baron
Khoury College of Computer Science
Focus on web development & networking

Cheyenne Chin
Pre-Med - Cell and Molecular Biology
Interest in research and virtual reality

Sophia Krasny
Behavioral Neuroscience
Specialized interest in the connection between visual and motor learning, specifically with regards to long-term muscle memory

Victoria Rivera
Pre-Med Bioengineering/Biochemistry
Interested in research pertaining to developing devices and systems to assist those on the autism spectrum with limited motor or verbal abilities
ALUMNI

Hannah Truong
Interdisciplinary Designer

Jeffery Allen
Mechanical Engineer and Product Designer

Amy Min
Khoury College of Computer Science
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