Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2018-present:
Ph.D. Neuroscience, Candidate; Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dissertation Mentor: Dr. David Weinshenker; Committee Members: Drs. Jay Weiss, Shella, Keilholz, Annabelle Singer, & Elena Vazey
2015-18:
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Undergraduate Thesis Mentor: Dr. Elena Vazey
Grants and Fellowships:
Active:
Completed:
Emory Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Research Education Component Training Program (National Institute on Aging; 5P30AG066511-02; 3/3/22-8/31/23)
Local and global consequences of hyperphosphorylated tau in the locus coeruleus in Alzheimer's disease (National Institute on Aging; 1F31AG069502-01; 9/1/20-8/31/23)
Training in Systems and Integrative Biology, Neuroscience (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; 5T32NS96040-24; 9/1/19-8/31/20)
Other:
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention (2020)
Teaching:
Summer 2021
Journal of Emerging Investigators Mini-PhD Program; Journal of Emerging Investigators
Fall 2020-22:
Hypothesis Design and Scientific Writing; Dr. Candace Fleischer
Fall 2019:
Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology 301/360: Introduction to Neurobiology; Dr. Robert Liu
Selected Poster and Seminar Presentations:
2023:
Behavioral correlates of altered locus coeruleus activity in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (Jun. 15, 2023; seminar)
Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Seminar
Rectifying locus coeruleus hypoactivity with optogenetics partially rescues functional connectivity in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (Jan. 22, 2023; seminar)
Winter Conference on Brain Research
2022:
The effects of optogenetic locus coeruleus stimulation on brain-wide functional connectivity in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (Jul. 30, 2022)
Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA Day for AAIC
Age-dependent dysregulation of locus coeruleus firing in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (Sep. 16, 2022; seminar)
Department of Human Genetics Retreat
2021:
Alterations in evoked locus coeruleus activity in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease (Feb. 25, 2021; poster)
18th Annual GDBBS DSAC Student Research Symposium
Consequences of Alzheimer's disease-like pathology on locus coeruleus neurochemistry and activity (Feb. 4, 2021)
Emory Neuroscience Candidates' Ongoing Research (ENCORE)
2020:
Immunohistochemical analysis of locus coeruleus neurochemistry in a transgenic rat model of Alzheimer's disease (Dec. 2-4, 2020; poster)
Cold Spring Harbor Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology and Therapeutics Virtual Meeting
2019:
Effects of altered norepinephrine signaling on functional connectivity in rats (Oct. 21, 2019; poster)
Society for Neuroscience 50th Annual Meeting
Probing the role of tau in the locus coeruleus using functional imaging following optogenetic stimulation (Aug. 2019; poster)
Gordon Research Seminar/Conference: Catecholamines