Undergraduates

Lening Liu

Lening is a senior psychology major at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She joined the HEART Lab in 2024 and is interested in romantic relationships, focusing on topics such as equality, relationship transformation, and power dynamics in intimate partner violence. In her free time, she enjoys embroidery, rock climbing, and spending time with friends.

Siya Singla

Siya (She/her) is a junior studying organizational Psychology with a minor in business and statistics. In future she hopes to work in human resources and is passionate about understanding human relationships and behavior. In her free time, she likes spending time with family, shopping and grabbing coffee with friends.

Emma Darbro

Emma (she/her) is a senior studying brain and cognitive sciences with a minor in informatics and has been involved in the HEART lab since Fall 2023. She is passionate about violence prevention, student advocacy, and reproductive health equity! She hopes to attend medical school one day, but until then, you can find her running, cycling, and coffee shop-ing around C-U. Home is where the HEART is!

MacKenna Douglas

MacKenna is a senior in Molecular and Cellular Biology minoring in Child Health and Well-being on the pre-med track. In her free time, she enjoys shopping, spending time with family, and reading. 

Valentina Mosca

Valentina (she/her) is a junior in LAS majoring in economics and psychology with a plan to pursue a Master’s in public policy. In her spare time, Valentina can be found at the gym or curled up with a good book.