People

I’m a computationally-focused graduate student interested in how the brain develops networks that can perceive the world. In my free time, you can find me baking bread, playing a video game, or climbing a wall somewhere.

I am a graduate student exploring how individual neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex become disconnected as a result of NMDA receptor loss, which is a biomarker of schizophrenia. My work leverages single-cell measurements from patch clamp electrophysiology recordings to inform network-level estimates of population activity using computational models of the brain. I am passionate about enhancing our basic science understanding of psychiatric disorders in order to guide the development of better treatments for patients. Outside the lab, I love baking elaborate desserts, running with friends, doing grassroots democracy organizing, and tending to my small jungle of houseplants.

I am a PhD candidate working on understanding the mechanisms of visual perception. My primary focus lies in constructing detailed, implementation-level computational models of the primary visual cortex. This work is informed by cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques, notably 2-photon calcium imaging and functional magnetic resonance imaging. My projects are particularly centered on understanding how scene context affects the representation of local visual features. This research offers valuable insights into visual processing, specifically by illuminating the visual system’s remarkable capacity for prediction and inference. Outside of the lab, I’m an experienced percussionist and a novice guitarist, and enjoy playing rock and folk music.

I am a graduate student interested in using computational modeling to understand how various regions of the brain contribute to cognitive processes, and how those processes are interrupted in mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. I use techniques including Hidden Markov Modeling to analyze neural population data from nonhuman primates performing cognitive tasks. When I’m not in lab, I enjoy cooking, hiking, crocheting, and reading.