Welcome to my website! I am currently a postdoctoral research scientist Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute studying the effects of aging on learning & decision making. My program of research combines computational modeling of behavior with direct neuronal recordings and circuit manipulations under the mentorship of Drs. Christoph Kellendonk and Angela Radulescu.
I completed my PhD at Brown University studying the effects of early life adversity on the dopamine system with the combined mentorship of Drs. Kevin Bath, Michael Frank and Christopher Moore. My thesis assessed the effects of unpredictable and adverse early experiences on reward learning and decision making, supported by a F31 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Outside of the lab, I co-founded and direct investNscience, a non-profit putting a name and face to science on social media. We feature short-form videos of scientists sharing their work. We also host workshops to provide scientists with tools to enhance their public science communication.
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