Masters Candidate 

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Krystiana graduated with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in Public Health from the University of North Florida in May of 2023.

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Arthur graduated with a Bachelor’s in Psychology, and a Master’s in Experimental Psychology from CSU San Marcos. His current projects focus on the role of reproductive brain regions and their interplay with social experience. Specifically, his aim is to explore the underlying neuroendocrine and experiential factors between the brain, development, and social-reproductive behaviors in rodents.

Ph. D. Candidate
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Marcia graduated with a Master’s in Experimental Psychology from CSU San Marcos in 2017. Since the start of her PhD work at UT, Marcia has made many contributions to the lab and has been awarded the prestigious Tennessee Graduate Excellence Fellowship. Currently her work examines sex differences within stress and neuroplasticity during development, and what the underlying hormonal mechanisms are produce these differences.

Masters Candidate

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Sierra graduated with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in Animal Assisted Interventions from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in May of 2023. Also pictured here is Harley-the official lab “good boy”!

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Ian graduated with a Bachelor’s in Psychology with a minor in Japanese at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. During undergraduate he worked in the lab as an undergraduate research assistant and has since moved on up the food chain. Currently he researches how gonadal steroid hormones affect the development of the genital cortex of the somatosensory cortex. Next Fall he will be starting his PhD at the University of California, Riverside!