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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)

Giorgi Antadze
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Adeyemi Awomodu
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Dan Bai
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Social Media, Internet Studies, Digital Sociology; Web Scraping, Data Mining, Computational Content Analysis; R, STATA, Python (occasionally), MATLAB (occasionally), SPSS (occasionally), SQL (occasionally) Research interests: What Are We Talking About When We Row About Shang-Chi on Social Media? How Networked Individualism Interprets Cultural Differences in Online Film Reviews; Media Manipulation: Common Ways and Effects; Cross-Cultural Factors in the Translation of Films and TV Shows
Aakash Bansal
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Celia Camara Perez-Vera
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Evie Dilkes
GLA, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Dissociation; Depersonalisation; Derealisation; Psychoneuroendocrinology; Hyperreflexivity
Laura May Dodd
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: The development of multisensory processing.; Neurodevelopmental conditions.; The neural basis of sensory processing.; The development of cognition and learning mechanisms in autistic people.; Supporting development for babies, toddlers and children.
Maria Escobar Rico
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Domiziana Falaschi
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Esra Gorgulu
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Kavya Guglani
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Benedict Hignell
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Priyasha Khurana
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Paige Leggett
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Romantic Relationships; Relationship Wellbeing and Maintenance; Childhood Experiences; Emotion
Niharika Madala
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Sense of Agency Research interests: Sense of Agency
Julius Mikuzis
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Laura Mtewele
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Gabriele Navyte
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Charlotte Roberts
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Molly Scott
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Ovgun Ses
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Siti Aisyah Shamshun Baharin
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: prosody, disclosure, tone of voice, social-emotional learning (SEL)
Chloe Tasker
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Senior Invigilator, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Sexual Arousal; Sexual Desire; Relationships; Sexual Wellbeing; Relationship Wellbeing Research interests: The relationship between sexual arousal and sexual desire; The Conversation | Women are more likely to identify as bisexual - can research into sexual arousal tell us why?
Jamie-Louise Williams
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology
Magdalena Wolska
Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Department of Psychology

Research students

Khetam Alfaraj
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Systematic review; Meta-analysis Research interests: A systematic review and meta-analysis of fMRI BOLD signal in chronic pain patients during ongoing and provoked pain.
Giorgi Antadze
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Aakash Bansal
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Manjiri Bhat
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Camila Bottger Garcia Godos
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Celia Camara Perez-Vera
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Lucas Canga
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ricky Chmitorz
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Caryn Cook
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Research interests: Measurement of interoceptive sensitivity in infants; Development of anxiety and anxiety disorders in childhood; Body positivity in childhood
Laura May Dodd
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: The development of multisensory processing.; Neurodevelopmental conditions.; The neural basis of sensory processing.; The development of cognition and learning mechanisms in autistic people.; Supporting development for babies, toddlers and children.
Maria Escobar Rico
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Domiziana Falaschi
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Olayinka Farris
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Chen Gu
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Kavya Guglani
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
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
James Heffer
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Amy Hollingworth
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Tiia Ladvelin
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Paige Leggett
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Romantic Relationships; Relationship Wellbeing and Maintenance; Childhood Experiences; Emotion
Niharika Madala
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Sense of Agency Research interests: Sense of Agency
Constantina Maltezou
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience (UX); Emotion perceptions from voice (emotional prosody); Speech and prosody (tone of voice); Perceived trust from vocal cues (including Artificial Intelligence and voice assistants); Acoustic analysis; Qualitative and quantitative research methods; Working in the tech industry of London; Computer Science and Software Engineering career in the industry; Team and project management Research interests: Emotional prosody (tone of voice); Perceived trust from vocal cues (human and AI speakers); Cognitive psychology & ageing; Minority groups and atypical populations; Mixed methods research; Usability & accessibility studies; Human-computer interaction and UX
Adrian Martin
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
Claire M Oakley
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Educational achievement gaps; Longitudinal, secondary data analysis; Adolescent development; Intersectionality; R / R Studio
Richard Philpot
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Katie Quinn
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Charlotte Roberts
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Hazel Sayer
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Rape Myth Acceptance; Rape Culture; Victim-blaming; Sexual consent; Sexism; Experimental research and methods; COVID-19 vaccine digital invitations
Molly Scott
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ovgun Ses
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Siti Aisyah Shamshun Baharin
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: prosody, disclosure, tone of voice, social-emotional learning (SEL)
Charli Sherman
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Andrew Soames
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Joey Stephens
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Wenxin Su
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Chloe Tasker
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Ask me about: Sexual Arousal; Sexual Desire; Relationships; Sexual Wellbeing; Relationship Wellbeing Research interests: The relationship between sexual arousal and sexual desire; The Conversation | Women are more likely to identify as bisexual - can research into sexual arousal tell us why?
Megan-Ann Thornhill
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
Jamie-Louise Williams
Postgraduate Research Student, Department of Psychology
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