Behavioral AI Research Lab
Team
The people behind the research
Triparna de Vreede
Director, Behavioral AI Lab · Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Muma College of Business · Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity & Computing
tdevreede@usf.edu
De Vreede studies what most AI research overlooks: the invisible psychological consequences of working alongside intelligent machines. Her research reveals how high-performing AI teammates can paradoxically reduce human contribution, how AI assistance can simultaneously improve output while undermining long-term skill development, and how trust with AI follows patterns that defy conventional wisdom — where exceeding expectations can damage rather than strengthen the willingness to rely on an AI partner. Her conceptual contributions, including developmental bypass, the AI trust paradox, and social loafing in human-AI teams, provide vocabulary for dynamics that organizations experience but have not yet named.
- PhD, Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- MS, Management Information Systems
- MBA, Human Resource Management
Lab Coordinator
Chelsea Anestal
cta1@usf.edu
Behavioral AI Lab Research Assistants
Adhyayan Tiwari
adhyayan@usf.edu
Ajay Babu Nannapaneni
ajaybabunannapaneni@usf.edu
Anh Tu Vu
anhtuvu@usf.edu
Mythily Kanagaraj
mythilykanagaraj@usf.edu
Ngoc Khanh Hoang
ngockhanh@usf.edu
Nguyet Hang Kieu
hangnguyetkieu@usf.edu
Quynh Chi Nguyen
chiquynhnguyen@usf.edu
Sarrat Afzal
sarratafzal@usf.edu
Shivani Jagannatham
jagannatham@usf.edu
Thi Bao Tran Le
thibaotranle@usf.edu
Tristan Lapasanda
tlapasanda@usf.edu
Tuan Minh Nguyen
tuanminhnguyen@usf.edu