Alexa Monachino
Alexa (she/her/hers) graduated with her B.S. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Spring of 2019, where she worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr. Adam Grabel's SEED Lab. She then worked as a Lab Manager and Project Coordinator at UNC Chapel Hill for a year before returning to Massachusetts to work in the PINE Lab at Northeastern University. Her research interests include developmental psychopathology (specifically in relation to early adversity and trauma) and neuroscience. She hopes to attend graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in the coming years.
Kodi
Kodi is a beagle-shepherd mix who graduated in 2019 with her B.S. (Best Service) in Dog. She currently works as a service dog alongside her handler, Alexa. Her research interests include olfactory perception and canine experiences of food consumption. When she is not working (and often when she is), she enjoys sniffing any and all scents, eating, and - most importantly - napping.