Tricia Striano, Ph.D., has over a decade of experience researching early infant and child social and cognitive development. She studied psychology at The College of the Holy Cross ‘95 and obtained her MA in ‘99 and Ph.D. in Psychology from Emory University ‘00, specialized in Cognition and Development. Dr. Striano obtained her Habilitation in Psychology ‘08 from the University Osnabrück in Germany.

Recipient of the international Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, research grants from the German Research Foundation and the National Science Foundation, she was Head of the Cultural Ontogeny Group at the Max Planck Institute for Cultural Ontogeny, Head of the Research Group on Neurocognition and Development at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Center for Advanced Studies at the University Leipzig, Germany. She is Associate Professor of Psychology at Hunter College in New York City where she teaches research methods and developmental psychology.

Dr. Striano has presented her research at over 100 international talks, including keynote address of the European Developmental Psychology Conference and German Parliament. She is author of over 100 research papers and edited volumes on social cognition.

Dr. Striano is a member of the Society for Research on Child Development and the International Society on Infant Studies.

Her research has appeared in dozens of international magazines and television programs including Parents.Com, BabyTalk Magazine, USAToday, Popular Mechanics, Handelsblatt, ZeitWissen, BILD, ZDF, and VOX www.infancyresearch.com for research information.