Andrew Fuligni Headshot from 2026

Andrew Fuligni, PhD

Co-Executive Director

Andrew is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is also the director of the Adolescent Development Lab at UCLA. Andrew’s research focuses on the interaction between sociocultural experiences and biobehavioral development among adolescents from diverse ethnic, immigrant, and economic backgrounds.

Awards

  • Boyd McCandless Award for Early Career Contribution to Developmental Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • FIRST Award, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • William T. Grant Faculty Scholars Award
  • Fellow, Association for Psychological Science