About Me

Neuroscience has been a passion for as long as I can remember. During my doctoral studies, I became more specialized in developmental neuroscience, as in how are human brains created and what affects those processes.

​

My graduate research focused on the effects of alcohol on the developing brain, basically studying what happens when pregnant mothers drink. Our lab was among the first ones to model this range of conditions, called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders,  with human stem cell-derived brain organoids. Using them we also uncovered key mechanisms by which these adverse effects might take place.

 

Currently, I am in the first year of my postdoctoral appointment, applying what I learned during my Ph.D. to understand the developmental mechanisms by which information about stressful events can be passed through generations. Click on the links below to learn more!