Assistant Professor
Psychology and Neuroscience • Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Office:ÌýGold Biosciences A220C
Education:ÌýPhD, Emory University, 2009
Research Interests:ÌýMy interdisciplinary lab is housed in theÌýDepartment of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyÌýand theÌýDepartment of Psychology and NeuroscienceÌý²¹³ÙÌýUniversity of ColoradoÌýBoulder. We study the mechanistic basis for individual differences in behavior and how these impact likelihood to develop mental illness. Our work utilizes mice, prairie voles, and post-mortem human tissue, in advanced neurogenetic and circuit-level analysis to better understand how genes and environment shape who we are.