João Guassi Moreira is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he directs the Computational Developmental Neuroscience Lab. He completed his Ph.D. and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA between 2016 and 2024. João uses functional magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with computational methods to study the neurodevelopment of social and affective phenomena during the second and third decades of life, mostly in the context of decision-making and emotion regulation. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, and he has been recognized with awards from organizations such as the American Psychological Association. Outside the lab, João likes bar trivia, rock climbing, and showing up to movies just after the trailers end.
