Outside the lab, I enjoy reading with my cats, video games, tennis, crafting, coffee, comics, and star wars.
- Ph.D. in Physiology and Pharmacology
- B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology, Emory
Education & Training
I am a postdoc in the lab with expertise in behaviors with a specific focus on behavioral models of addiction. My major projects in the lab involve rhythms in mouse cocaine self-administration (and other behaviors) and electrophysiology.
My role in the lab is to continue to run experiments and write papers then eventually develop my own projects that I can use to start my own lab one day.
My current project is examining diurnal rhythms in D1 and D2 cell excitability and if there are changes after cocaine self-administration.
I will also determine if NPAS2 plays a role in D1 and D2 excitability and changes with self-administration. To expand on these data, I will also determine diurnal rhythms in cholinergic interneuron excitability.