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Dr. Gabe Cler	Dr. Cler (he/him) is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington. He is affiliated with the UW Center for Human Neuroscience. Gabe completed his PhD in computational neuroscience at Boston University with Cara Stepp and co-mentors Frank Guenther and Jay Bohland. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Speech & Brain Research Group and Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University of Oxford with Kate Watkins. CV

Dr. Gabe Cler
Headshot of Dr. Gabe Cler; man with glasses and red hair in a rainbow striped shirt in front of the ocean

Dr. Cler (he/him) is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington. He is affiliated with the UW Center for Human Neuroscience. Gabe completed his PhD in computational neuroscience at Boston University with Cara Stepp and co-mentors Frank Guenther and Jay Bohland. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Speech & Brain Research Group and Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging at the University of Oxford with Kate Watkins.

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Noelle Abbott	Noelle Abbott is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Gabriel Cler’s Quantitative Imaging for Learning, Language, and Speech lab in the Speech and Hearing Sciences department at UW. Noelle completed her doctoral training in the SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders under the mentorship of Dr. Tracy Love. Noelle’s current research investigates the neural basis of Developmental Language Disorder in adults. As a southern California native, Noelle's hobbies in the PNW now include admiring the giant trees, narrating their magnificence to her toddler, and regretting that she ever admired them once allergy season hits.
Linnea Beasley	Linnea is the Project Manager with the lab. She has a B.S. in Speech & Hearing Sciences from UW. She is particularly interested in fluency disorders and would like to work with pediatric populations in a school setting. She is originally from Seattle and lives in Ballard with her cat, David.


Allison Johnson	Allison is an incoming graduate student in the MS EdSLP program. At the University of Michigan, she received her B.A. in Linguistics, Spanish, and Biopsychology-Cognition-Neuroscience. Her research interests include dual language acquisition, neurolinguistics, and motor speech development. She hopes to work as an SLP in bilingual school systems.
Iris Mendoza Luna	Iris is a graduate student in the MS EdSLP program. She received her B.A in Linguistics with a minor in American Sign Language and her B.S in the Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington. Her research interests include dual language acquisition. After graduation she hopes to be a multilingual SLP. In her spare time she likes to read, knit and take pictures.


Xinyu Quan (Elena)	Xinyu Quan (Elena) is an undergraduate senior at the University of Washington majoring in Psychology. In the QuILLS Lab, she analyzes real-time vocal-tract MRI (vtMRI) data to investigate speech motor control and the neural basis of Developmental Language Disorder. She is broadly interested in how quantitative methods can illuminate human communication and cognitive functioning, and enjoys applying data-driven approaches to understand how people learn and use language.
Graciela Knudsen	Graciela is a final year undergraduate student majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Spanish. Her research interests include language disorders and bilingual language development. After graduation, she hopes to earn her master's in speech language pathology and work with children in a school, especially one where she can serve Spanish-speaking populations. In her spare time she enjoys trying new cafes and dancing with her folklorico group.
Abby Searle	Abby is a final year undergraduate student majoring in Psychology with a minor in Education and Society. Her research interests include language disorders and early childhood development. After graduation, she hopes to earn her master's in child development and behavior analysis. She hopes to become a BCBA and work with children who have developmental disorders. In her spare time she enjoys going on seattle adventures with friends and going the gym.