People.
Jenkins Lab, Fall 2019. From left: Jessica Saad, Kenji Kobayashi, Christina Steele, Vaida Rimeikyte, Anna Nixon, Eliud Vargas, Dilara Berkay, Anna Jenkins, Ana Defendini, Ekaterina Goncharova. (Not pictured: Jacob Wee.)

Anna Jenkins
Lab Director

Adrianna (Anna) Jenkins is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn, she completed her B.A. at Dartmouth College, her Ph.D. at Harvard University, and a postdoc at UC Berkeley. 
Ekaterina Goncharova
Research Coordinator

Ekaterina Goncharova is the Research Coordinator for the Jenkins Lab. Prior to joining the lab, she completed her B.A. at UC Berkeley with a double major in Psychology and Cognitive Science.
Vaida Rimeikyte
​Postdoctoral Fellow
Dilara Berkay
Psychology Ph.D. Student​​

​​​Vaida Rimeikyte is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Jenkins Lab. Prior to starting at Penn, she completed her A.B. in Psychology at Harvard University and her Ph.D. at Cornell University.




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Dilara Berkay is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to starting at Penn, she completed her B.A. at Dogus University and her M.A. at Koc University in Turkey.
Ana Defendini
Neuroscience Ph.D. Student
Christina Steele
​Undergraduate Honors Thesis Student

​Ana Defendini is a Ph.D. student in the Neuroscience graduate program at the University of Pennsylvania, currently completing a rotation in the Jenkins Lab. Prior to starting at Penn, she completed her B.S. in Cellular & Molecular Biology at the University of Puerto Rico.
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​Christina Steele is a Psychology major at Penn (class of 2020). She has worked in the Jenkins Lab as a research assistant and is now completing a senior honors thesis in the lab. 
Eliud Vargas
​​Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jessica Saad
Undergraduate Independent Study Student​
Jacob Wee
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Assistants

​ ​Eliud Vargas is a Psychology major at Penn (class of 2021). He worked in the Jenkins lab as part of the PURM summer internship program and is now a research assistant in the lab.​
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Jessica Saad is a Psychology major at Penn (class of 2020). She is completing an independent study in the Jenkins Lab.
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Jacob Wee is Psychology and Economics major at Penn (class of 2021) who is currently working as an undergraduate research assistant in the Jenkins Lab. 
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If you're a Penn undergraduate interested in working in the lab as a research assistant, please email us to express interest. 
Ph.D. Students
Applications for admission to Penn's Psychology and Neuroscience Ph.D. programs for the 2020-2021 academic year are due on December 1st, 2019. 

Information about the Psychology Ph.D. program can be found here. 

​Information about the Neuroscience Ph.D. program can be found here.

​Applicants are encouraged to email Dr. Jenkins to express interest in advance of the deadline.