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ABOUT ME
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute. Research in my lab focuses on the developmental neurobiology of social behavior and the impact of experience, such as trauma, on infant circuits supporting complex behavior.
I completed my postdoctoral research fellowship at NYU Langone Health under the mentorship of Dr. Regina Sullivan. I recently was awarded a K99/R00 Career Transition Award through the NIH BRAIN Initiative. I have also been supported by a NRSA F32 and a recently renewed NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Prior to joining Dr. Sullivan's group, I earned my Ph.D. at Princeton working in Dr. Elizabeth Gould's lab. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Columbia University, working with Dr. Peter Balsam.
RESEARCH
How do we develop and adapt flexible strategies for interacting with others?
My long-term goal in science is to contribute to our understanding of functional neural circuits controlling the development of social behavior. I aim to take a unique approach by integrating state-of-the-art neurobiology techniques into the study of complex behavioral development across the lifespan. As a postdoctoral research scientist trained in developmental neurobiology and neuroethology, I have begun to explore this question using rodent models. My work examines how ethologically-relevant social challenges, such as social hierarchy disruption and abusive caregiving during infancy, produce profound changes in brain structure and function to modify behavior.
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