POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW / HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
The molecular logic of brain development and plasticity.
I study how gene regulation, hormones, and experience shape neural circuits—across development and into maturity.
I am a postdoctoral fellow in Michael Greenberg's laboratory in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. I am also an instructor in the Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience Course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Before Harvard, I earned my PhD at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, where I discovered how steroid hormones regulate neuronal gene expression to generate sex differences in the brain.
I am especially interested in leveraging fundamental biology to find new ways to re-open brain plasticity for treating disease.
What determines how and when the developing brain loses plasticity, and can we target these pathways to restore plasticity in adulthood? My recent work implicates astrocyte glucocorticoid receptor signaling in closing critical periods in development.
Astrocytes are the gateway to the brain. How do astrocytes sense and respond to the multitude of circulating factors in the blood to alter neuronal function and behavior?
How can single-cell and cell-type-resolved genomic approaches reveal the fundamental principles by which stress alters brain maturation, function, and behavior?
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