Tara Venkatesan

Tara Venkatesan, PhD, is currently serving as the Director of Cognitive Science Research and Principal Cognitive Scientist at Universal Music Group since April 2023. Previously, Tara held the position of Product Researcher at Elvie from October 2022 to April 2023 and served as the Director of User Experience and Gamification Strategy at SingTru LLC from February 2020 to May 2022, where responsibilities included providing behavioral insights for the LaLaLi smartphone app designed for amateur singers. Earlier experience includes working as a Research Assistant at Harvard University from 2016 to 2018, contributing to studies on infant caregiving expectations and presenting findings at the Cognitive Development Society Conference in 2017. Tara obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford (2018-2021) and a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science from Yale University (2014-2018).