Psychopharmacology of Addiction Laboratory (PAL)Completing subject phone screens. Running in-person screening and follow-up appointments, including the completion of sobriety tests, blood pressure assessment, and urine testing. Taking subjects for lab work and ECGs.

Graduation with Distinction Independent ResearchDistinction Thesis: “Keeping it Real: Assessing the Effects of Repeated Exposures to AI-Generated Art on Liking and Authenticity Judgments” Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth MarshConducted research assessing the effect of repeated exposures to AI-generated art on viewer liking and authenticity ratings. Completed literature review. Collected, cleaned, and analyzed data using R and JASP. Completed thesis paper, presented poster at Duke’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, and successfully defended to thesis committee.Attended weekly lab meetings in the Marsh memory lab to discuss lab research and other current findings in the field.

Mind at Large Lab - Cognition: Neuroaesthetics & Mind-WanderingContinued previous research on abstract painting. Worked with multi-university team of esteemed researchers, discussing and revising study findings for publication.Collaborated on follow-up study, analyzing psychophysiological effects of abstract painting. Engaged in discussions of study plan, findings, and implications. Instructed participants.Granted the Duke Bass Connections Student Research Award.

Cognitive Neuroscience Research Internship (CNRI)Collaborated with a graduate student, studying the correlation between participant scores on existing measures of creativity, individual traits, and abstract paintings they physically produced in the lab. Completed literature review. Collected and analyzed data in R Studio. Created visual representations of data in R Studio.Engaged in weekly discussions on neuroscience journal articles.Completed study proposal with peers.Received training on basic coding in Python.

Collaborated with researchers in team-based environment to design and execute research on the medical potential, cultural significance, and spiritual experience of psychedelic drugs.