Dr. Hein is a postdoctoral scholar in MATT Lab. She received her PhD from Oklahoma State University in 2026 working with Dr. Stephanie Mullins-Sweatt, completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Additionally, she has a masters of health science in public mental health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on the intersection of borderline personality disorder, impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, and maladaptive behaviors.