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Our research students

Our research students are undertaking a research degree with supervision from at least one Department of Psychology academic.

Research students can also apply for paid roles as Graduate Laboratory Assistants. These roles help them develop their teaching skills, with the support of experienced staff in our department.

Graduate Laboratory Assistants (GLAs)

Manjiri Bhat
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Stephanie Dunaieff
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Katie Quinn
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Kaprice Ricot-Brutus
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Elizabeth Tye
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Penelope Verrier
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Jamie-Louise Williams
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Research students

Afrah Alazemi
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Giorgi Antadze
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Rebecca Bacon
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Aakash Bansal
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Stacey Bernard
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Manjiri Bhat
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Chloe Bullen
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Lucas Canga
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Jessica Carson
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Luca Chittaro
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ricky Chmitorz
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Nadia Curtis
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Megan Davies
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Neurodiversity; Emotional Regulation
Laura May Dodd
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: (Multi)sensory processing.; Neurodevelopmental conditions.; Peripersonal and interpersonal space representations in autism.; Supporting development for babies, toddlers and children.
Sara Dowdye
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Stephanie Dunaieff
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Maria Escobar Rico
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Domiziana Falaschi
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Lauren Goddard
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Kavya Guglani
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Cognitive reflection; intuitive logic; intuition and deliberation; Dual process theory
Max Handley
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Dyspraxia and Reading Comprehension Research interests: Neuroimaging of Reading Comprehension
Chelsea Harmsworth
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Research interests: How teachers communicate through voice with students with ADHD
Mayss Hassan
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
James Heffer
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Amy Hollingworth
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Francis Idiaghe
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Isobel Kane
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Melike Kiymaz
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Tiia Ladvelin
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Karen Leow
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Niharika Madala
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Sense of Agency Research interests: Sense of Agency
Helena Marston
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Julius Mikuzis
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Amanda Morris
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Laura Mtewele
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Eisha Naeem
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Gabriel Ocasio Lopez
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Yuvaraj Padmanabhan
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Richard Philpot
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Katie Quinn
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Kaprice Ricot-Brutus
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Shreedatta Samanta
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Sophia Scarpellini
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Becky Scott
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Molly Scott
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Alisa Sedef
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: AI & Education; Emotions
Ovgun Ses
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Shashank Singhal
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Andrew Soames
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Boon Song
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Chiara Stramba-Badiale
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Megan-Ann Thornhill
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Elizabeth Tye
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Connor Vermaut
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Autism; Participatory Research
Penelope Verrier
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ayse Weatherley
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Jamie-Louise Williams
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Megan Wilson
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Jemma Wright
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Midwifery ; Birth Trauma; Child Development ; Regulation of Health and Social Care; Breastfeeding ; Health Visiting ; Perinatal Mental Health ; Children and Adult Safeguarding ; Infant Neurobiological Development; Public Health and Health Promotion ; Adult Mental Health
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