Frances Lobo is a post-doctoral researcher in the Developmental Psychology program working with Dr. Kristin Buss. She received her B. S. degree in Neuroscience and Psychology from Duke University in 2013, her M. S. degree in Developmental Psychology from Penn State in 2019, and her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Penn State in 2021. Her research interests include examining the parent-child relationship as a dynamic system and understanding the affective, behavioral, and physiological interaction patterns that shape the development of children's psychopathology and self-regulation. Additionally, she is investigating how parent, child, and family-level risk variables impact these interaction patterns and children's subsequent outcomes.