Adam Omary
February 2026 PhD Graduate
Adam Omary is a Ph.D. student in Psychology (Cognition, Brain, & Behavior) working in the Affective Neuroscience & Development Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Leah Somerville. Adam's research focuses on how environmental stressors and hormones influence adolescent brain development, emotion processing, and cognitive control. He is especially interested in understanding how these developmental trajectories influence prosocial behavior, antisocial behavior, and judgments of right and wrong. Before coming to Harvard, Adam received his B.A. in Cognitive Science and M.S. in Biostatistics from the University of Southern California.