Elle Kass originally joined the MATTER Lab as a Research Assistant in June of 2021. As a Project Coordinator, she contributes in various roles on multiple projects that use MindLogger.

Before joining the Child Mind Institute in February of 2021, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine, where she coauthored two publications. She has also worked at Pear Therapeutics, where she collaborated on the FDA approval of Somryst, the first FDA-approved prescription digital therapeutic for insomnia.

Education

BA in Behavioral Neuroscience and English, cum laude (2021)
Connecticut College (2017 - 2021)

Publications

• Zeitzer, J. M., Najjar, R. P., Wang, C. A., & Kass, M. (2018). Impact of blue-depleted white light on pupil dynamics, melatonin suppression and subjective alertness following real-world light exposure. Sleep Science and Practice, 2(1), 1-8.
• Gabel, V., Kass, M., Joyce, D. S., Spitschan, M., & Zeitzer, J. M. (2019). Auditory psychomotor vigilance testing in older and young adults: a revised threshold setting procedure. Sleep and Breathing, 23(3), 1021-1025.