People

B-BAL Director

Scott M. Hayes, PhD

Post-Doctoral Scholars

Justin Palmer, PhD

Graduate Students

Jessica Stark, 6th year Clinical Psychology

Grace Amadon, 3rd year Clinical Psychology

Matthew Stauder, 5th year Clinical Psychology

Olivia Horn, 3rd year Clinical Psychology

Annie Lee, 5th year Clinical Psychology

Inola Howe, 2nd year Clinical Psychology

Jessica Cloud, 4th year Cognitive Neuroscience

Jillian Graham, 1st year Cognitive Neuroscience

Research Assistants

 Sam Bassett

Sarah Henn

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Victoria Gutierrez, senior

Kaci Yano, senior

Renee Duffy, junior

Elizabeth Culp, sophomore

Lab Pets

  • Grace’s dog Brecken (“Breck” or “Brecky” for short)
  • Jess Cloud’s cat Dwyndolyn
  • Pro basketball player, Gnocchi (Olivia Horn and Jillian Graham’s hedgehog)
  • Noor’s cat Khoji
  • Olivia Horn and Jillian’s snail Tortellini and one of their four shrimp, Scampi. (Three shrimp not pictured: Cocktail, Fried Rice, and ‘N Grits)
  • Olivia Horn and Jillian’s betta fish Orzo.
  • Jess Cloud’s cat Loki
  • Matthew’s cat Lady
  • Inola’s dog (and Buckeye for life) Kevin
  • Jess Cloud’s corn snake Houdini
  • Matthew’s cat Goon
  • Sam’s dog Bowdrie (“Bo” for short)
  • Sarah’s cat Mac

Collaborators

Jasmeet Hayes, The MINDSET Lab at The Ohio State University

Jeff Volek, The Volek Low Carb Lab at The Ohio State University

William Kraemer, Neuroscience/Neuromuscular Lab at The Ohio State University

Dan Merfeld, Department of Otolaryngology at The Ohio State University

Jimmy Onate, MOvES Lab at The Ohio State University

Lab Alumni

Research Assistants

Noor Chaudhry: May 2023 – June 2025; attending graduate school in Indiana University’s Clinical Science PhD program 

Syrine Matoussi: Summer 2024 – Fall 2024; attending graduate school in the University of Montreal’s Machine Learning program 

Abigail Bowsher: Summer 2022 – Fall 2024; attending graduate school in Ohio State’s Public Health program

Kelly Hiersche: Summer 2019 – Fall 2021; attending graduate school in Ohio State’s Cognitive Neuroscience program

Alex Hasselbach: Summer 2019 – Spring 2022; attending medical school at the University of Toledo 

Undergraduates

Carisa Tanner: Spring 2023 – Spring 2025

Olivia Eshleman: Spring 2023 – Fall 2024

Emma Weisgerber: Summer 2023 – Fall 2024

Michael Melville: Spring 2021 – Spring 2024; attending University of Toledo Medical School

Lucas Ecker: Spring 2023 – Spring 2024; working as a research assistant at The Ohio State University

Collin Todd: Spring 2021 – Fall 2022; attending OSU Medical School

Alexa Shin: Summer 2021 – Fall 2022; attending University of Toledo Medical School

Shana de Wet: Spring 2021 – Fall 2022; attending law school

Laney Saggar: Spring 2019 – Spring 2021; attending OSU Medical School

Alexis Berry: Spring 2020 – Fall 2020

Nicole Tacsar: Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

Jess Horvat: Fall 2018 – Summer 2019

Sam Kalmar: Fall 2018 – Spring 2019