PROFILE

Nadia Chernyak, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California–Irvine. Her research investigates the early roots of our social behavior and cognition, with a focus on topics such as the development of prosocial behavior, choice and agency, and prospection. She joins UC–Irvine after completing a postdoctoral fellowship most recently at Boston College and Boston University.