Robert Plomin and some of his current PhD students

Back row: Robert and Lee Butcher
Front row (from left to right): Kathryn Asbury, Emma Hayiou-Thomas, Nicole Harlaar, Emma Meaburn and Angelica Ronald

Bonny Oliver, Sheila Walker, Yulia Kovas

Current PhD students and interests:
Kathryn Asbury: quantitative genetic analyses of genetic-environmental interplay in development
Lee Butcher: molecular genetic analyses of autistic spectrum disorder
Nicole Harlaar: quantitative genetic analyses of reading disability
Linzy Hill: molecular genetic analyses of cognitive disabilities and abilities
Yulia Kovas: quantitative genetic analyses of language and mathematics disabilities
Emma Meaburn: molecular genetic analyses of language and reading disabilities
Bonny Oliver: quantitative genetic analyses of writing disability
Angelica Ronald: quantitative genetic analyses of autistic spectrum disorder
Essi Viding: quantitative genetic analyses of psychopathy
Sheila Walker: quantitative genetic analyses of school achievement



Current postdoctoral students:

Emma Hayiou-Thomas: quantitative genetics of language abilities and disabilities
Ariel Knafo: quantitative genetic analyses of adjustment



Former PhD students and postdoctoral students and current positions:
Cindy Bergeman (1989 PhD, Penn State University): Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA
Julia Braungart-Rieker (1992 PhD, Penn State University): Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA
Kirby Deater-Deckard (1995-98 postdoc, SGDP Centre):Associate Professor, University of Oregon, USA
Michael Galsworthy (2003 PhD, SGDP Centre): Postdoctoral fellow, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Alessandra Iervolino(2003 PhD, SGDP Centre): Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
Beth Manke (1995 PhD, Penn State University): Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach, USA
Shirley McGuire (1995 PhD, Penn State University): Associate Professor, University of San Francisco, USA
Jenae Neiderhiser (1993 PhD, Penn State University): Associate Professor, George Washington University, USA
Steve Petrill (1995-97 postdoc, SGDP Centre): Associate Professor, Penn State University, USA
Alison Pike (1997 PhD, Penn State University): Assistant Professor, University of Sussex, UK
Tom Price (2002 PhD, SGDP Centre): Postdoctoral fellow, Oxford University, UK
Richard Rende (1992 PhD, Penn State University): Associate Professor, Rutgers University, USA
Kim Saudino (1992-95 postdoc, Penn State University): Associate Professor, Boston University, USA
Clare Stocker (1989 PhD, University of Colorado): Associate Professor, University of Denver, USA