About

I completed my bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of San Diego. As an undergraduate, I conducted research on the neural correlates of autism, aggression in professional hockey, and the cognitive processes involved in moral judgments. I then worked as a marketing researcher at a 3D printing company before joining UCLA as a staff research associate to study non-invasive brain stimulation treatments for tobacco use disorder. Currently, I am a PhD student in the UCLA Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program in Dr. Lucina Uddin's lab, where I research the neuroscience of drug addiction across the lifespan. My research ranges from understanding the neuroscience of drug use initiation in adolescence to developing brain-based treatments for drug addiction in adulthood.