Education
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience @ Dartmouth College. (current)Advised by Mark A. Thornton, PhD
Focus: social cognition; theory of mind; naturalistic conversations
Techniques:
- web scraping + topic modeling (PRAW, LDA)
- audio file speech to text annotation + word embedding (WhisperX, BERT)
- experimental design via web development (React, Socket.io, JS, HTML, CSS, MySQL)
- inter-subject correlation and general linear modeling of neural timeseries (Python: Pandas, Numpy, Nibabel, nltools)
M.S. in Cognitive Neuroscience @ Temple University.
Advised by David V. Smith, PhD
Focus: social decision making; social norms; neuroeconomic paradigms
Techniques:
- fMRI analyses (FSL, nilearn, nibabel)
- Data visualization (Python: Pandas, Numpy; Adobe Illustrator)
- Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) via transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS; Neuroelectrics)
B.S. in Neuroscience & Biological Anthropology @ Temple University
Minor: Psychology; Concentration: Human Biology
Advised by Diana S Woodruff-Pak, PhD and Debbie Bangasser, PhD
Focus: cerebellar learning; sex-specific differences in rodent models of stress
Techniques:
- Purkinje neuron dendritic morphology of mouse cerebellum
- Neural tissue extraction, slicing, and mounting