Research Interest
My research program investigates how different states of dehydration impact the neural circuits regulating stress responding and the development of psychopathology and cardiovascular disease.
Education
Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmacodynamics)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; July, 2016
B.S. Neuroscience (Neurobiology Tract), Minor in Mathematics
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; March, 2012
Skills
Technical Skills
• Administration of viral vectors
• Behavioural assays
• Cannula implantation
• Intracerebral microinjection
• Immunohistochemistry
• In situ hybridization
• Plasma protein and sodium assays
• ELISA
• Radioimmunoassay
• Stereotaxic surgery
• Ovariectomy
• Neuroanatomical tract tracing
• Light and confocal microscopy
• in vivo optogenetic
Honors and Awards
American Physiological Society Travel Award 2017
University of Florida Graduate Student Council Travel Award 2013
University of Florida Graduate Student Fellowship 2012-2016
Dean’s List, University of Cincinnati 2011
S.M.A.R.T Scholarship 2009-2010
Published Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
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