Lab Alumni

Brooke Demetri 
Brooke has been a research assistant since her freshman year. She is currently a junior neuroscience major in the Edgar Fellows College Honors Program. Brooke is working on the Using Virtual Reality to form Mental Maps project. After graduation, Brooke plans to apply to Ph.D programs in the Neuroscience field.

Kayla Carlin
Kayla is a research assistant and a junior psychology major. She is also working on a project regarding the production effect. Kayla hopes to have a future career doing research in cognitive development or psychiatric epidemiology. 

Torie Wiley
Torie is a junior and has been a research assistant in the lab for two semesters. She is a psychology major with specific interests in biological and cognitive psych

Emily Strayhorn
Emily is a research assistant and a senior psychology major. She is working on research that investigates the speed with which memory fidelity develops during memory retrieval.

Brendan Hines
Brendan is a senior and has been a research assistant since his sophomore year. He is a neuroscience major with an honors minor. After graduation, Brendan is interested in applying to medical school to become a surgeon or psychiatrist. Brendan held a Dean Johnston Student Research Assistantship in the lab in the Fall of 2019.

Ezekiah Baachas 
Ezekiah is a research assistant and junior psychology major. He is new to the lab, but eager to dive into the experience. Ezekiah is interested in pursuing a career in the medical field, with a specific interest in Oncology.

Lucia Verrelli
Lucia is a new research assistant and a sophomore biology and psychology double major. She hopes to become a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist in the future.

Sophia Phillips
Sophia is a senior psychology major with a cognitive science minor, and has been an active research assistant since her sophomore year. Her passions for research led her to assist in various studies in the Human Cognition and Memory Laboratory investigating the production effect and distinctiveness and forgetting. Sophia was recently awarded a Dean Johnson Student Research Assistantship in recognition of her talent and involvement in research. After graduation Sophia is interested in continuing with psychology and neuroscience research and pursuing a major in public health.