Mentoring students and technicians (2013-Present)

Mentorship, Pulakat Lab (University of Missouri) and Katz Lab (Brandeis University), 2023

Recruited, trained, and mentored 4 undergradate, 1 post-baccalaureate, and 3 PhD rotation students to both support my projects and on independent projects.


NamePosition; activitiesYear
Hannah GermainePhD Rotation Student; Developed and performed critical control analyses for changepoing modelling of gustatory cortex population activity. Co-author on a manuscript.2022
Victor SuarezPhD Rotation Student; Worked on an off-shoot project investigating neural activity on trials where rats gape vs do not gape in response in quinine (bitter tastant)2020
Jessica SteindlerPost-Baccalaureate Student/Research Technician; Performed surgery, data collection, and microdrive construction for investigating BLA-GC communication. Co-author on a manuscript2019-2021
Thomas MurdyUndergraduate Researcher; Investigated role of GC–>BLA projection in Conditioned Taste Aversion using optogenetics. Undergraduate thesis awarded High Honors2020-2021
Paige BeauparlantUndergraduate Researcher; Worked on project investigating role of AT2R signalling in suppressing cardiac inflammation. Co-author on a manuscript.2017
Laura PerryUndergraduate Researcher; Worked on project investigating role of AT2R signalling in suppressing cardiac inflammation.2017
Jamal BajwaUndergraduate Researcher; Contributed to project investigating differences in cardiovascular disease progression in diabetic and obese male vs. female rats2017