Advisor: Ilia Karatsoreos
Research interests: I study metabolism at the organismal and cellular level, and specifically how it is affected by circadian rhythms and endocannabinoid signaling
Advisor: Gerald B. Downes
Research interests: The function, development, and evolution of neural circuits underlying cognition, Advisor: Gerald B. Downes
Agnes Lacreuse, Elena Vazey
Research interests: Aging, Alzheimer's disease. Interested in exploring the biological underpinnings of sex differences in the onset and neuropathological manifestation of Alzheimer's disease.
B.S. Biology, Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, 2019
Advisor: Heather N. Richardson
Research interests: Neuronal maladaptive reward and stress mechanisms implicated in addiction. Interested in sex differences, glial cell interactions, and development of brain structures involved in decision-making processes
Advisor: Karine Fénelon
Research interests: Inhibitory mechanisms and serotonergic neurotransmission involved in sensorimotor gating; sensorimotor gating in the context of psychiatric illness and substance use disorders
Advisor: Courtney C. Babbitt
Research interests: Investigating sex differences in age-related cognitive decline and the role of estrogens in synaptic homeostasis.
B.A. Psychology, minor in Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Advisor: David E. Moorman, Elena Vazey
Research interests: Decision making, specifically addiction models of decision making in rodents. My work so far has focused on targeted drug manipulations to theoretically based cortical subregions to understand the neurobiological and behavioral underpinnings of risky decision making.
B.S. Biomedical Sciences, Arizona State University, 2017
M.S., Biology, Arizona State University, 2019
Advisor: ChangHui Pak
Research interests: Neurodevelopment, specifically the biochemical and cellular mechanisms that govern the functions of a developing cerebral cortex that contribute to the understanding of neuropsychiatric diseases
B.S. Economics, Neurobiology, Economic Decision-Making, and Social Systems, UMass Amherst, May 2018
M.S. Neuroscience and Behavior, UMass Amherst, Sept. 2019
Advisor: Youngbin Kwak
Research interests: Neural mechanisms underpinning monetary choices and the role of risk and social pressure in economic decision-making
