About me
I am a PhD student at Boston University majoring in Psychology starting 2024. I am fortunate enough to work with Prof. Michael Hasselmo.
I work both on behavioral experiments and data analysis. I am excited about applying computational methods to biological research so that we can obtain a quantitative theory of the brain's function.
What i'm doing
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Fiber Photometry in Hippocampus
I study cholinergic activity in the hippocampus and how it changes as animals move and explore. Using light-based sensors in the brain, we track how this chemical supports learning, attention, and navigation.
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Egocentric Navigation Modeling
Modeling navigation from the animal's point of view. I build computer models to understand how animals keep track of where they are based on what surrounds them and how they are oriented. This work explains how the brain represents space from a first-person perspective rather than using an external map.
