Experience

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Yale University School of Medicine

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Aug 2019



Gettysburg College

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honors Research Project Manager

  • Jan 2017 - May 2017

  Conducted an investigation into the effects of isolation duration and strain differences on the social anxiety of Sprague Dawley and Fischer 344 rats and the involvement of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex • Designed and conducted experiment individually under the guidance of Dr. Siviy• Isolated 32 Sprague Dawley and Fischer 344 rats for periods of either one day or one week• Tested all subject rats individually in a social approach chamber• Conducted c-Fos labelling to quantify neuronal activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex• Presented research and data analysis

• Behavioral Neuroscience Research Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  Assisted Dr. Steve Siviy in his investigations into the effects of Oxytocin and cross-fostering on rat play behavior • Cross-fostered F344 and Lewis pups strains.• Recorded, reviewed and scored the pups’ interactions and frequency of play behavior. • Recorded behaviors of individual pups on an elevated plus maze.



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Assisted in neuroscience research in the labs of Dr. Sourav Ghosh and Dr. George Dragoi Under Dr. Ghosh: • Performed qPCR analyses to investigate the genetic mechanisms behind neuronal polarity and the effects of knocking out genes for the Par3/Par6/aPKC complex Under Dr. Dragoi: • Designed a maze and conducted rodent trials to investigate the involvement of hippocampal neurons in spatial mapping and topographic memory Assisted in neuroscience research in the labs of Dr. Sourav Ghosh and Dr. George Dragoi Under Dr. Ghosh: • Performed qPCR analyses to investigate the genetic mechanisms behind neuronal polarity and the effects of knocking out genes for the Par3/Par6/aPKC complex Under Dr. Dragoi: • Designed a maze and conducted rodent trials to investigate the involvement of hippocampal neurons in spatial mapping and topographic memory