Hana is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. She leads the Cardiff Babylab and is also the Deputy Director of the Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science (CUCHDS).

Catia's research focuses primarily on typical and atypical development in children, with a specific interest on the interplay between language, sleep, executive function, memory, and mental health.

Charlotte is particularly interested in the motor development of young children with Down syndrome and object handling behaviours during parent-child interactions.

Sofia's research explores language development in neurodevelopmental conditions, and the ways in which automated technology can be used to understand language development.

Jean is interested in parent-child interactions and children's attention, especially in children with Down syndrome. Jean is also interested in the socioemotional and cognitive development of typical children and preterm infants.

Kate's PhD research uses head-mounted eye-tracking to explore how young children with Down syndrome learn Makaton (signing) through interactions with their parents.  

Craig is a PhD student looking at developing a machine learning model that can efficiently label large datasets to test current developmental theories.

Becky is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. She is completing research within the team about translating our research into clinical practice. 

Mohamed is a paediatric doctor and clinical academic at Cardiff University, supported by the Welsh Clinical Academic Training (WCAT) programme. His PhD research will investigate how early-life infection and inflammation influence brain development and later neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants. His work aims to identify biomarkers that could help protect and support babies at risk of neurodevelopmental difficulties.  

​Mitzi’s research focuses on language development and predictive processing, with a particular interest in rhythm, morphosyntactic cues, and language acquisition in typical development and neurodevelopmental conditions. She is especially interested in how temporal and linguistic prediction support early communication and cognition.

Agata is a 3rd year PhD student at the Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, researching motor development and the role of posture in infancy. We were lucky to have Agata visit our lab back in October thanks to the Taith scholarship!

Maria's PhD research investigates the connections between motor and language development, with a focus on how postural stability and locomotion—especially when aided by parental adjustments—support cognitive and linguistic growth. Maria is based at the Neurocognitive Development Lab, Polish Academy of Sciences. 

Shreel is a part-time Research Assistant at Cardiff Babylab. Shreel is responsible for data management for the TinyExplorer project.

Theo is a medical student currently intercalating in Psychology and Medicine. He is doing his research project with the lab looking at motor development in young children.

Sarah is an undergraduate placement student undertaking a placement at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project. 

Isabel is an undergraduate psychology student undertaking a placement at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project.

Saskia is an undergraduate psychology student undertaking a placement at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project.

Leah is an undergraduate placement student undertaking a placement at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project.

Veronica is a visiting clinical trainee from The School of psychotherapy, Accademia di neuropsicologia dello sviluppo. She supports children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families. Her research interests lie in early typical and atypical development.

Beth is a qualified neonatal nurse, semi-permanent makeup artist, and mum to three children. Her youngest, Tessa, has Down syndrome and is the reason Beth became involved with the TinyExplorer project. Beth and Tessa continue to contribute greatly to Cardiff Babylab's research. 

Gosia is a physiotherapist with a passion for early detection and early intervention for infants at high risk of delayed neurodevelopment. She primarily works at Cerebral Palsy Cymru in Cardiff, where she leads the early intervention service.