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Research experience
February 2021- Present
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, SALK INSTITUTE
Advisor: Dr. Nicola Allen
Project: Astrocyte secreted factors in neurodevelopment and associated disorders
September 2014- December 2020
PHD, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Advisor: Dr. Susan Dymecki
Thesis project: Dopamine receptor D2 expression in serotonergic neurons: sex differences and role in behavioral modulation
June 2012 - June 2014
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, HARVARD / JOHNS HOPKINS
Advisor: Dr. David Ginty
Project: Characterization of spinal cord dorsal horn interneuron subtypes
June- August 2011
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER, HHMI EXROP / JOHNS HOPKINS
Advisor: Dr. David Ginty
Project: Identification of novel genes involved in axon guidance
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Honors and service
Awards and honors
2025 K99/R00 NIH Pathway to Independence Award
2025 Salk Institute Rising Stars
2024 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) Fellow
2024 Leading Edge Fellow
2022 BRAINS (Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience) Fellow
2020 International Society for Serotonin Research (ISSR) Young Investigator Travel Award (delayed due to COVID-19)
2019 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Trainee Professional Development Award
2019 Gordon Research Conference Carl Storm Travel Fellowship
2018 F99/K00 NIH Blueprint D-SPAN Award
2016 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship
2016 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Neuroscience Scholars Program
2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program Capstone Award
2008-2012 Dean’s Scholarship, Lewis & Clark College
Teaching and Service
Chapter President, SACNAS at Salk, August 2023- March 2025
Mentor for Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Neuroscience Scholars Program (NSP), April 2022-Present
Board Member, Underrepresented Minorities Actively Supporting Excellence (URMase), September 2021- 2023
Facilitator, Harvard Division of Medical Science Culture and Community Workshop, Fall 2020
Director, Harvard Women in Neuroscience, March 2015- December 2020
Board Member, Harvard Underrepresented Students in Neuroscience, October 2015- January 2021
Peer Mentor, Harvard Summer Honors Undergraduate Research Program (SHURP), July 2018
Teaching Assistant, Neuroscience (HST130/Neuro200), Harvard Medical School, Fall 2017 and 2018
Project leader/Tutorial leader, Ed Furshpan and David Potter Native American High School Summer Program at Harvard Medical School, Summer 2015, 2016, and 2017
Graphics editor, Harvard Science in the News, June 2015- 2017
Discussion Facilitator and College Preparation Advisor, Harvard Health Professionals Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) for high school students, Fall 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Genetics and Evolution, Lewis & Clark College, 2012
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