Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Avatar for Tierney Lorenz (She/They)
Tierney Lorenz (She/They)
Assistant Professor

Director of WISH Lab & Associate Professor at UNL

Dr. Lorenz received their Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 after completing internship at the University of Washington School of Medicine. From 2013 to 2016, they were an NICHD-funded postdoctoral fellow at the Kinsey Institute and the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior at Indiana University. From 2016 - 2018, they were an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Meet the WISH Lab! 
Our team is made up of undergraduate and graduate students, along with lab staff. Click on a team member's name to read their bio.

Lab staff

  1. Avatar for Maddi Ellis
    Maddi Ellis
    WISH Lab Manager Center for Brain Biology & Behavior University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    STE C69
    Lincoln NE 68588-0156
    Phone
    Work 402-472-0124 On-campus 2-0124
    Email
    mellis87@unl.edu
  1. Avatar for Jordan Harper
    Jordan Harper
    Lab technician Center for Brain Biology & Behavior University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Address
    STE C69
    Lincoln NE 68588-0156
    Phone
    Work 402-472-0124 On-campus 2-0124
    Email
    jharper4@unl.edu

Graduate Students

  1. Avatar for Harper Jones
    Harper Jones
    Graduate Teaching Asst Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Email
    hjones20@huskers.unl.edu
  1. Avatar for Katie Bogen
    Katie Bogen
    Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Email
    kbogen2@huskers.unl.edu
  1. Avatar for Kirstin Clephane
    Kirstin Clephane
    Graduate Research Assistant Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Email
    kclephane2@huskers.unl.edu
  1. Avatar for Molly Kennedy Irvin
    Molly Kennedy Irvin
    Graduate Student Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Email
    mirvin4@huskers.unl.edu

Affiliates

  1. Avatar for Heather Bouchard
    Heather Bouchard
    Graduate Research Asst
  1. Avatar for London Wolff
    London Wolff
    Graduate Teaching Asst
  1. Avatar for Becky Wolfe
    Becky Wolfe
    Graduate Teaching Asst
  1. Avatar for Sophie Grosse-Rueschkamp
    Sophie Grosse-Rueschkamp
    Affiliate

Undergraduate Students

  1. Avatar for Sydnee Lybarger
    Sydnee Lybarger
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
  1. Avatar for Giyahna Richmond
    Giyahna Richmond
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
  1. Avatar for Megan Beecher
    Megan Beecher
    Undergraduate Research Assistant

Previous Lab Members

  1. Avatar for Anneliis Sartin-Tarm
    Anneliis Sartin-Tarm
    Graduate Research Asst Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Work
    Email
    asartin-tarm2@huskers.unl.edu
Previous Research Assistants:
  • Elizabeth Malousek
  • Dannielle Schutz
  • Jessica Maladecki
  • Andrea Bieker
  • Lauren Fisher
  • Simran Shah
  • Libby Shonka-Smith
  • Eastyn Klink
  • Erin Dolph
  • Emily Madsen