I am currently an NINDS F99/K00 postdoctoral research fellow in the Datta Lab at Harvard Medical School, where I leverage deep learning techniques, molecular biology, and systems neuroscience to investigate the neural circuits underlying spontaneous behavior.

Before moving to Boston, I earned my Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at UC Santa Barbara, where I was advised by Dr. Michael Goard. My doctoral research employed in vivo two-photon microscopy to investigate how endogenous hormone cycles drive changes in spatial representations and neuronal morphology in the hippocampus.

Earlier in my training I worked with Dr. Michael Krashes at the NIH NIDDK, investigating the neural circuitry of feeding behavior. I also conducted Huntington's disease research using a sheep model in Dr. Russell Snell's lab at the University of Auckland. I earned my B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, as well as a B.A. in Music Performance, from George Washington University, where I studied butterfly developmental genetics under the guidance of Dr. Arnaud Martin. In my current role, I hope to work towards making neuroscience accessible for and applicable to all.