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).

Teddy is responsible for overseeing the TinyExplorer project and is leading on data analysis, with research interests in anything eye-tracking and vision-related. 

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.

Sally is responsible for participant recruitment, data collection and project management.

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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.  

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

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

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

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.

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. 

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. 

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!

Tom is a third-year Psychology Undergraduate student undertaking a placement year at Cardiff Babylab. He is responsible for data collection, social media, and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project. 

Charley is a 3rd year psychology undergraduate student undertaking a placement year at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project.

Sarah is a 3rd year psychology undergraduate student undertaking a placement year at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project.

Sophia is a 3rd year psychology undergraduate student undertaking a placement year at Cardiff Babylab. She is responsible for data collection, social media and assisting the team where needed for the TinyExplorer project.

Elin is a psychology masters 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.

Manon is a psychology masters 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.

Shreel is a psychology masters 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.