10 Years of Academic Research

I started academic research in 2013 during my undergraduate degree at UCLA and continued research there post-grad until 2017. I furthered pursued my passion for research and graduated with a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Minnesota in March of 2023.

I am an innately curious person who has always had an aptitude for creative problem-solving. Academia strengthen these skills and provided me the tools to rigorously test my potential solutions to complex behavioral and computational problems.

My research experience has refined my team and project management skills. I have managed 10+ end-to-end research projects that needed to have clear, presentable planning and results. Each of these projects had teams ranging from 2-8 persons, each requiring me to explain our goals and maintain our progress through cloud and management softwares.

I strive to create a collaborative and collective process for problem-solving throughout the project lifetime.

During my time in research I have gained strong skills in communicating my research to an array of people and audiences. I have personally mentored 7 PhD students, 6 research technicians and 6 undergraduate researchers. Additionally, I have lectured weekly at the University of Minnesota and intermittently and Macalester College to classes from 12-50 students.

I take an empathetic approach to mentoring and teaching- providing knowledge and empowering my mentees and students to become their own independent researchers.