I am a postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Prof. Orie Shafer in the neuroscience initiative. My work focuses on the understanding of molecular clocks in glial subtypes and how glial clocks control physiology and behavior in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. I did my PhD research in the laboratory of Dr. Don van Meyel at McGill University, Canada where I  studied how different glial subtypes develop and mature in the brain and how these glial subtypes control behavior using Drosophila as a model organism.

I am passionate about writing and mentoring. Outside of the lab, I teach, volunteer, and mentor young adults and write science stories to lay audiences on my blog. I am an avid reader of history, politics, and philosophy and I enjoy dancing.