# Our Research Team

Our team of world-renowned experts is committed to advancing the field of high stakes testing through research and development.

### Alina von Davier

Chief of Assessment

### Geoff LaFlair

Principal Assessment Scientist

### Kevin Yancey

Director of AI Research

### Yigal Attali

Principal Assessment Scientist

### Jill Burstein

Principal Assessment Scientist

### J.R. Lockwood

Principal Psychometrician

### Nitin Madnani

Staff AI Research Scientist

### Neha Jain

Head of Technical Program Management

### Steven Nydick

Lead Psychometrician

### Will Belzak

Staff Psychometrician

### Manqian (Mancy) Liao

Staff Psychometrician

### Andrew Runge

Staff AI Research Engineer

### James Sharpnack

Staff AI Research Scientist

### Ramsey Cardwell

Assessment Specialist

### Sarah Goodwin

Senior Assessment Scientist

### Kai-ling Lo

Senior AI Research Engineer

### Phoebe Mulcaire

Senior AI Research Engineer

### Ben Naismith

Staff Assessment Scientist, Linguist

### Yena Park

Senior Assessment Scientist

### Danwei Cai

Senior AI Research Engineer

### Alexander Tsigler

AI Research Engineer

### Ping-Lin Chuang

Language Assessment Scientist

### Allison Michalowski

Data Analyst

### Marco Chen

Psychometrician

### Anthony Verardi

Senior Research Program Manager

### Sophie Wodzak

Senior Communications Manager

### Jacqueline Church

Staff Assessment Developer

### Masha Kostromitina

Assessment Specialist

### Yukti Sharma

Technical Program Manager

### Xiaowan Zhang

Senior Language Assessment Scientist

### Paul Jewsbury

Principal Psychometrician

### Burr Settles

Research Director Emeritus

## Technical advisory board

### Dr. Micheline Chalhoub-Deville

### Dr. Bryan Smith

### Dr. Stephen Sireci

### Dr. Eunice Eunhee Jang

### Dr. Brian Junker

### Dr. Diane Litman

## Affiliations