Amanda Rendall, Phd Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Long Island Ny / Southern Ct

Ct/Ny/Nj

Westchester County, New York, United States

Ct/Upstate Ny

New Haven, Ct

• Study the genetic and neuroanatomical underpinnings of language and cognitive disorders.• Analyze, synthesize, and interpret genetic, neuroimaging, and neurocognitive results using a high performance computing cluster.• Data management and visualization of complex datasets.• Read and present novel scientific concepts during weekly lab meetings.• Research creative and innovative techniques to integrate genetic and neuroimaging information.Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeffrey Gruen

Storrs, Connecticut

Master’s/PhD ResearchInvestigate the neuroanatomical, genetic and behavioral correlates of language-relatedneurodevelopmental disorders using mouse models.Principal Investigator: Dr. R. Holly FitchSpecific Duties Include:• Interpret, manage, and organize datasets in SPSS to prepare for timely journal article submission.• Formulate research questions and decide correct means to test hypothesis.• Evaluate trends in research via literature searches to decide which research questions would provide novel findings to the scientific community. • Worked efficiently independently by setting goals and organizing timelines, while also maintaining collaborations with other research scientists via meetings and email correspondence.Research Support Experience:• Managed undergraduate research assistants and acted as a primary mentor on undergraduate theses by overseeing presentations, written reports, data analyses, and advising how to plan research studies.• Led meetings with the principal investigator to summarize behavioral findings, data, and suggest possible modifications to study protocols.• Trained junior lab members and undergraduates on experimental procedures in line with the study protocols.• Schedule behavioral testing and duties of 8-10 undergraduate research assistants per semester.Laboratory skills• Animal handling, rodent care, maintenance and breeding.• Subcutaneous and intraperitoneal injections.• Perfusions, brain harvesting and cardiac punctures.• Behavioral observation and testing (operant conditioning, open field, water maze testing, t-maze, prepulse inhibition, rotarod, vocalizations and other social tasks etc).• Histology, tissue slicing (vibratome and cryostat); slide mounting and staining (Nissl) and use of Stereo Investigator software (Cavalieri’s Estimator, Optical Fractionator, Nucleator) on an Axio 2 Zeiss Microscope.• PCR and agarose gel electrophoresis.

Storrs, Connecticut

Lecturer: Your Amazing Brain Enrichment Course - Southeast Elementary School (Mansfield, CT) (05/2016)• Invited to teach enthusiastic 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders about the brain, memory, motor system, five senses.• Developed lecture materials, worksheets and hands-on activities.• Led group activities and presented complex information about the brain in a simplified manner to promote optimal understanding.Guest Lecturer: Foundations of Neuroscience and Genetics Graduate Course (10/2014, 10/2015, 10/2016)• Invited to give a lecture on fundamentals of neuroscience and genetics to first year graduate students.• Established study questions on important concepts conveyed through lecture.• Determined reading assignments to go along with lecture material.Instructor: Physiological Psychology Lab (01/2013-05/2017)• Team-taught an advanced Physiological Psychology Lab course for senior undergraduates planning to attend medical school or research-intensive graduate school. Responsible for developing lectures, lab activities, exams, quizzes, and assignments.Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Psychology Lab (08/2012 - 05/2015)• Responsible for developing lab activities, lectures, quizzes, and assignments for an introductory undergraduate psychology courseMentor for Undergraduate Honors Theses • Behavioral characterization of Ush2a knockout mouse model (05/2018) • Neuroanatomical Effects of Hypoxic Ischemia in P6 rats and Therapeutic Benefits ofTreatment with EPO (05/2018) • The TS2-Neo Mouse Model of Autism: A Comprehensive Neuroanatomical Analysis (05/2017) • Neuroanatomical Analysis of a Cntnap2 Mouse Model (06/2016) • Behavioral Assessment of Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice as a Function of Genetic Variation (05/2015) • Piloting a Rapid Auditory Processing Task Using Mouse Vocalizations (05/2015)

Stony Brook, New York

• Conducted eye-tracking, EEG, and cognitive tests to examine visual cognitive behaviors, including object search and working memory.• Trained undergraduate and graduate students on eye-tracking and EEG setup and calibration.Principal Investigator: Dr. Gregory Zelinsky

Upton, New York

• Examined the genetic and behavioral aspects of depression and drug addiction using a p11 knockout mouse model.• Ran several behavioral phenotyping tests, maintained breeding colonies, performed dosing, injections, perfusions, and collected tissue samples. Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Thanos

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Behavioral Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

concentration in Biology and Chemistry