{"id":313,"date":"2022-10-03T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T20:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/?page_id=313"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:38:24","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Lab Director<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-284 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-team\/kimberly-crespo-ph-d-ccc-slp\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2022\/09\/Crespo_headshot_small_cropped-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Kimberly Crespo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Principal Investigator<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Postdoctoral Research Associates and Fellows<\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-1416 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-team\/haley-weaver\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/09\/IMG_0684-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Haley Weaver<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Postdoctoral Associate<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Doctoral Students<\/h3>\n<p><span>\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing profile-format-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-581 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-team\/malvika-khandelwal\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2023\/09\/Khandelwal_HeadShot_2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Malvika Khandelwal<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">PhD Candidate<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-868 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-team\/anna-duncan\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2024\/09\/Anna_D-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Anna Duncan<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Third-year student<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"profile-item profile-item-advanced has-title post-1263 profile type-profile status-publish hentry\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/crespolab\/our-team\/tianyi-liu\/\" class=\"profile-link profile-link-advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"profile-photo profile-photo-advanced\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/crespolab\/files\/2025\/06\/Tianyi-Liu_profile-pic-e1750784157344-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"profile-name profile-name-advanced\">Tianyi Liu<\/h6>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title profile-title-advanced\">Second-year student<\/p>\t<\/a>\n\n\t\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>MS-SLP Thesis Students<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\t<ul class=\"profile-listing 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