GRADUATE STUDENTS
Lexi Cassani, B.A, M.A
Graduate Research Assistant
Lexi Cassani is a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program. Lexi is from St. Louis, MO, and completed her BA in Neuroscience, Pre-Medicine and a minor in biochemistry from Augustana College. Following her undergraduate studies, she obtained her MA in Behavioral Neuroscience from UMSL, graduating in 2020. Lexi’s research interests lie at the intersection of self-referential thought and depression and she is most interested in resting-state functional connectivity imaging techniques. She is currently working on a manuscript on resting-state connectivity related to anhedonia in depression. For her dissertation, she hopes to build a prediction model for depression in adolescence using imaging and substance use data.
Emily Weible, B.S, B.S, M.S, M.A
Graduate Research Assistant
Emily is a third-year Ph.D student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program. She completed two BS degrees from Washington State University in psychology and kinesiology, as well as a MSc in neuroscience and MA in psychology. Prior to joining LoCANS, Emily worked in the Exercise Physiology and Performance Laboratory at WSU and the at the Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimaging at McClean Hospital associated with Harvard School of Medicine. Broadly, Emily is interested in the biomarkers of psychiatric disorders and treatment outcomes.
Emily is investigating neural variability in varying psychiatric disorders through the addition of physiological measures such as heart rate variability. Within this research, she is working to integrate new methods into the current LoCANS preprocessing pipeline (such as ICA-AROMA).
Emily also actively works with the Felicia Ford Foundation to provide support and communicate for autistic individuals and their families. She is an ambassador for Morgan's Message and enjoys working with athletes to advocate for their needs, especially in the context of psychiatric conditions.
Emma Tribbey, B.A
Graduate Research Assistant
Emma Tribbey is a second-year M.A. student in the Behavioral Neuroscience program at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Originally from Neosho, Missouri, she earned her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Medical Humanities at the University of Arkansas. Emma's research interests primarily lie in exploring cognitive and neuropsychological dysfunction in both neurologic and psychiatric populations, as well as investigating the neural substrates underlying such dysfunction through neuroimaging. Additionally, she is interested in predictive factors influencing outcomes of cognitive rehabilitation among clinical populations.
Caleb Sanders, B.S
Graduate Research Assistant
Caleb Sanders is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Originally from Hartselle, Alabama, he earned his B.S. in Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2024. Caleb's research interests focus on identifying predictive factors and neural substrates underlying stressful and traumatic experiences. Additionally, he is passionate about improving diagnostic and treatment methods utilizing neural and psychophysiological techniques
VOLUNTEER GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Cody Barton, B.A
Graduate Research Assistant- Behavioral Neuroscience
Kirsten Foley, B.A, M.A
Graduate Research Assistant- Behavioral Neuroscience
Hillary Smithe, B.A, M.A
Graduate Research Assistant- Counseling
