Lab Alumni

  • Maegan Nation, B.S.

    Maegan was a full-time Research Assistant for the SIERA project July 2021 to February 2023. She received her B.S. in psychology with a secondary major in criminology from Florida State University. In Fall 2023, Maegan will pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at UNLV.

  • Paige Ottaviano, B.S.

    Paige was a full-time Research Assistant for the SIERA project September 2021 to May 2022. She is completing her Master’s of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh.

  • Racheal Droege, B.S.

    Racheal was a post-bacc RA in the lab from Spring 2022 to Fall 2022. She is currently working on her Master’s in Anatomy and Physiology.

  • Shay Braksator, B.S.

    Shay was a research assistant in the lab from Spring 2022 to Fall 2022. In Fall 2023, she is beginning a PsyD program in Chicago at National Louis University (tied to the Illinois School of Professional Psychology).

  • Aleks Crampton

    Aleks was an undergrad RA in the lab from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023. She graduated in May 2023 with a Psychology major and certificate in Conceptual Foundations of Medicine. She is currently working in medical sales for Johnson & Johnson in Portland, OR.

  • Nathan Phillips

    Nathan was an undergrad RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Spring 2023. He graduated with a double major in psychology and biology, with a minor in Chemistry.

  • Nidhi Patel

    Nidhi was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Spring 2023. She graduated in 2023 with a major in biology and minors in chemistry and sociology. She is currently a postbacc fellow in the NIH Postbac IRTA program.

  • Emma Ferguson

    Emma was an undergrad RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Spring 2023. She graduated with a major in Psychology and minor in Gender & Women’s Studies in May 2023.

  • Allison Kim

    Allison was an undergrad RA in the lab from Spring 2022 to Spring 2023. She graduated Pitt in May 2023 and is working as a Research Specialist in the Psychiatry and Neuroscience Laboratory (PyNeL) as a Research Specialist

  • Ana Beil

    Ana was a post-bacc RA in the lab for Fall 2022 to Spring 2023. She graduated Pitt with a degree in Psychology and will be pursuing medical school in the future.

  • Alexandra Khani

    Alexandra was a research assistant in the lab Spring 2022 to Fall 2022. She is currently working at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

  • Alexis Genna

    Alexis was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Fall 2020 to Summer 2022. She is completing her Master’s in Social Work at Simmons University in Boston.

  • Hannah Kunsak

    Hannah was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Spring 2021 to Fall 2022. She is completing her Master’s in Public Health at Pitt.

  • Allison Camillo

    Allison was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Summer 2022 and is working as an Emergency Department Critical Care Technician and volunteering for a crisis hotline.

  • Katie Holmes

    Kate was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Summer 2021 to Spring 2022. Currently, she is a research assistant at Cambridge Health Alliance in Boston researching risk factors for mental illness in youth.

  • Kellen Zemanski

    Kellen was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Summer 2021 to Spring 2022. He is working towards his BS in Math-Economics with a minor in Statistics at Pitt.

  • Emily Schellinger

    Emily was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022. She is currently a research technician at Charles River Laboratories.

  • Sydni Canney

    Sydni was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022. She is currently a social media curator for Qnary and a publishing assistant for Freckled Media.

  • Luke Connor

    Luke was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022. Currently, he’s in the medical device industry.

  • Cate Eggers

    Cate was an undergraduate RA in the lab from Spring 2021 to Summer 2021. She is currently an RA in the Center for Adolescent Reward, Rhythms, and Sleep at Pitt.