Professional Bio

Natalie is a graduate student working with Dr. Jenae Neiderhiser in the Gene Environment Interplay Across the Lifespan Lab, pursuing a dual-title degree in Developmental Psychology and Social Data Analytics (SoDA). In 2025, Natalie graduated as a first-generation student with a B.S. in Psychology from St. John Fisher University. Here she held multiple research assistant roles, as well as a research internship at the Mt. Hope Family Center (University of Rochester). Broadly, she is interested in adversity in parent-child relationships, including loneliness, and how that is transmitted through both genes and environment.

Personal website: https://nsbyrd.owlstown.net/