Principal Investigator
Tracy Centanni, PhD
Dr. Centanni is the lab director and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida. She completed her PhD in Cognition and Neuroscience at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2013, followed by postdoctoral work at MGH Institute of Health Professions and MIT. The GAPP Lab was established at Texas Christian University in 2017 and moved to UF in 2023. Her research focuses on the brain bases of auditory and visual perception of language, reading acquisition, genetics of communication disorders, and plasticity. When not in the lab, she enjoys traveling and exploring new food and wine with her husband and training her two young horses: Banner and Dakota.
PhD students
Staff
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Zofa Matondo Olivia McNeill Brooke Hube Chloe Chang
Sofia Marcilese Kaitlyn Stamey. Whitney Pepe Jackie Hoffman
Centanni Lab Alumni:
Graduate Students Degree/year Current position
Vishal Thakkar PhD, 2021 UTSW
Abby Engelhart MS, 2021 Vanderbilt
Logun Gunderson MS, 2023 TCU, PhD program
John SolorzanoRestrepo MS, 2022 UTD, Postdoc
Lab Staff
Camden Burnsworth 2022-2023 Mayo Clinic
Monica Parra 2022-2023 UNTHSC
Christina Clarke 2024 UF, MA program
Vanessa Marinacci. 2024 UF, MA program
Omar Rodriguez 2024-2025 FAU, Neuroscience PhD program
Research Assistants:
Carly Stacey Nathania Davis Grace Mortenson
Alexis Jefferson Sarah Taghavi Anya Eliseev
Trinton Kahland Kate Turner Enrique Garcia
Grace Pecoraro Melgen Munoz Malia Yraguen
Courtney Weeks Kaylee Brunetti Remington Crossnoe
Caiden Berry Mallory Whiteside Jordyn Barber
Katheryn Wisely DJ Sauer Sydney Rudolph
Briana Syed Jocelyn Parker-Mays Emily Grace Rodgers
Jared Fox Abby Sellers Wills Black
Alyssa Chidiac Renee Buenrostro Magaly Dominguez
Kate Moorman-Wolfe Alyssa Rodriguez Sarah White
Lexi Ellis Monica Parra Jordan Crupper
Abby Thorne Sophia Festejo Angela Scotti
Madeline Pitcock. Sabrina Carrillo Maddi Hagee
Zoe Richardson Zainab Syeda Riley Boerger
Nick Mattox Ashley McCallum Kelly Sowers
Aubrey Tonsager Jared Devine
Rosie Robinson
Annie Dang
Matt Conner