Undergraduate Research Assistants

Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Assistants

Research in the EMMA Lab gets done thanks to the excellence and dedication of our undergraduate research assistants. Many of our former students go on to exciting careers in industry or grad school, and we are thrilled to have been a part of their educational background. Our current research assistants are featured below.

Floria Amalan

My name is Floria, and I’m a senior majoring in biology with a minor in psychology. I’m passionate about pursuing a career in healthcare, with potential specialties in gynecology, pediatrics, or surgery. Fascinated by the complexities of human biology, I’m actively involved in immunology research on campus to expand my knowledge. In my free time, I enjoy drawing, painting, singing, and listening to music.

Amina Ibrahim

Hi! My name is Amina Ibrahim and I am a second year Psychology undergraduate, with minors in English and Spanish. I am interested in research work and plan on applying to doctorate programs in relation to quantitative methods in educational psychology. I'm passionate about the value and importance of education and aim to research topics surrounding the improvement of methodology. In my free time, I enjoy reading, journaling, and listening to music.

Niels Dickson

I am a Psychology major with French and Math minors. I started working in the EMMA lab last semester and have enjoyed being a part of motivated research groups interested in memory and attention. I am hoping to attend graduate school after graduating and continue psychology research at a university.

Alise Maltsev

Hello! My name is Alise Maltsev, and I am currently a senior at Umass Lowell. I am a double major, Criminal Justice and Psychology, with a minor in Legal Studies. I have been always curious about why people do the things they do. That curiosity goes hand-in-hand on how I could do my part to help. Mental health, the law, and our brains are all intertwined one way or another and it's always been fascinating to me. In my free time, I am one of the captains on the Club Field Hockey team and the vice president of the CJ Society

Cameron Bartlett

My name is Cameron I’m a junior psychology major. I’ve always been fascinated by abnormal and forensic psychology, but since coming to UML, I’ve developed a passion for many domains, especially cognitive psychology. I feel extremely grateful to be involved in research in my junior year! I love to sing, listen to music and podcasts, walk dogs, and I’m always on the lookout for my next tattoo. I’m lucky to have a part-time job where I help patients under the guidance of nurses and therapists. I’m planning on being a therapist in the future, and I hope to make a positive difference in the lives of people struggling with serious mental illness and trauma.

Kerly Brito-Pena

Hello, My name is Kerly Brito Peña, I am a Sophomore at UML with a major in Psychology and a Minor in Entrepreneurship. I truly am so fascinated in human behavior, more specifically related to the brain. Beingin the EMMA lab allows me to dive a little deeper into a true interest of mine! I am not 100% sure what my plans are for the future but I truly feel as long as I am able to help others in some sort of way I will be on the right path :)

Jasmine Mendonca

Hello, My name is Jasmine, and I'm a sophomore majoring in psychology with a minor in education and Portuguese. I'm passionate about working with clinical psychology and pursuing my career as a child psychologist. I hope to attend grad school and receive my master's. I want to succeed in helping lives of children and their families by addressing their mental health and the challenges they face so they can reach their full potential.