I am a Neuroscience Ph.D. student in the Buzsaki Laboratory at New York University. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Neuroscience from the University of Oregon. As an undergraduate, I trained with Matt Smear, studying place coding and related neural correlates of self-motion in the hippocampus and olfactory bulb. My work combined analyses of single-unit spiking, population rate vectors, and local field potentials to examine neural dynamics across multiple levels.

An interesting question to me is if there are a few general rules in the brain which can explain many cognitive phenomena. I am particularly interested in memory and spatial navigation, and in how the neuronal computations that support navigation in the physical world may be repurposed for other higher-order cognitive tasks. My current research is focused on descibing the neuronal activity across hippocampal hemispheres durring theta oscillations and sharp wave-ripples. By clarifying interhemispheric communication durring memory formation and consolidation we gain a more comprehensive understanding of hippocampal computations.