# 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