Professional Bio

Jiayi Fan is a Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology working with Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar in the Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, planning to pursue a dual-title degree in Social Data Analytics. She began her doctoral studies in 2025 after earning a B.S. in Psychology from Peking University. As an undergraduate, she worked with Dr. Ka Ip (University of Minnesota) on neighborhood influences on brain structure; Dr. Zhi Li (Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester) on parent-child relationships and children’s sensory processing sensitivity; Dr. Yujia Peng (Peking University) on cognitive processes in social anxiety; and Dr. Yinyin Zang (Peking University) on adolescent interventions. Her research interests center on the cognitive processes underlying social interactions, both in parent-child dynamics and peer relationships.