- create and teach course curriculum at a three-week summer camp - supervise clubs and evening activities - work with other camp staff to refine AICL's yearly goals and expectations - course topics include: Hip Hop, Neuroscience, Parkour, Rube-Goldberg Machines, Steampunk

I create engaging multi-media education content and experiences to help people better understand and apply the neuroscience of happiness to their daily lives.

Led research and outreach activities at NeuroGEARS. This included initiating and nurturing new collaborations, managing client relations, and updating the company website.

- Accepted into the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme 2011, deferred admission for one year to write and produce an original musical.- first year coursework (Jan 2013-May 2013): Techniques for Experimental Neuroscience, Cellular Physiology, Synaptic Physiology, Synaptic Plasticity, Neural Development and Anatomy, Computational Neuroscience, Sensation and Perception, Movement and Action, Neuroethology, Cognition, Brain and Body Loops.- joined Kampff Lab in Sept 2013- successfully defended my thesis, titled "On the Aims and Methods of Field Neuroscience: Non-invasive techniques for studying nervous systems in natural settings" on 17 Dec 2020Lab Rotations - Costa Lab (Neurobiology of Action), Aug 2012-Dec 2012 - Lima Lab (Neuroethology), May 2013-July 2013 - Kampff Lab (Intelligent Systems), July 2013-Sept 2013Teaching - co-organized a week-long intensive course on Embodied Cognition: https://sites.google.com/a/neuro.fchampalimaud.org/embodied-cognition/course-information/schedule - Teaching Assistant, INDP 2014 courses: Introduction to Hardware and Software, Introduction to Techniques in Neuroscience

Corresponding Secretary (2013-2019) - help manage and maintain mailing lists - provide assistance to the Secretary of the Musical Theater GuildCostume Shop Manager (2007-2009) - maintain an inventory of costume shop supplies - organize and maintain costumes, makeup, puppets, and sewing machines - maintain an budget that reflects the overall budget and needs of the Guild - communicate the needs of the costume shop to the MTG managing board - teach others how to make costumes and maintain the shopShows - Star Wars: The Musical (2005): Bail Organa, Lobot, ensemble - Urinetown (2006): Hot Blades Harry - Chicago (2006): director - Crazy For You (2006): Everett Baker - Children of Eden (2006): Eve; costume designer - Reefer Madness (2007): Mae; props designer - Cabaret (2007): costume designer - Pippin (2007): Bertha, Manson Trio; co-costume designer - Wild Party (2008): Kate - The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2009): Angela Prysock/Princess Puffer; costume designer - Bare (2009): Kyra; program designer, master seamstress - Side Show (2009): choreographer - Little Shop of Horrors (2010): assistant choreographer - Evil Dead (2010): Annie, master seamstress - Jekyll and Hyde (2011): co-director, choreographer - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2011): vocal director, pit orchestra (violin) - Assassins (2011): Charles Guiteau, co-props - Children of Eden (2011): Vocal director, Snake - Hack, Punt, Tool (2012): Co-writer, Choreographer - Urinetown (2012): Ma Strong, ensemble - Reefer Madness (2012): Choreographer - Sweeney Todd (2014): Vocal director, pit orchestra (violin) - Legally Blonde (2014): Co-choreographer - Spring Awakening (2015): pit orchestra (violin and guitar) - 9 to 5 (2016): Vocal director

How Expectations Can Change PerceptionHigher-Level Cognition Lab [Talia Konkle, Steven Piantadosi, P.I. Rebecca Saxe] - studied the effect of prior expectations on the perception of incongruent stimuli - designed and coded experimental tasks in Matlab - analyzed data in RObserving Causal Laws by Tracking Eye MovementsEarly Childhood Cognition Lab [Elizabeth Bonawitz, P.I. Laura Schulz] - studied how young children learn to make predictions based on patterns - tracked eye movements using Tobii Eyetracker software - analyzed data using Matlab - studies were conducted at the Learning Lab at the Children's Museum of Boston

Freshmen Arts Pre-Orientation Program (FAP) - participated in FAP 2005 - film counselor for FAP 2006, 2007, and 2008 - organized projects and activities for the week-long program - wrote, filmed, and edited counselor introduction videos - filmed and edited a yearly FAP video

- organized, cooked for, catered to, and served an outdoor feast for approximately 400 people - worked with other student veeps to gather funds and create a budget - coordinated with MIT staff and faculty on event registration, logistics, and safety - organized shopping trips and coordinated the borrowed use of an on-campus industrial kitchen - trained an apprentice and solicited the help of other students in food preparation, storage, cooking, and cleanup

- Terrascope is a year-long freshmen seminar that examines complex real-world problems, presents potential solutions to a visiting board of experts at the end of fall term, then creates a museum exhibit during spring term - participated as a freshman - worked within a budget to stock and maintain the Terrascope kitchen - advised a group of freshmen during the 2007-2008 school year

- taught grade-school children topics in science and technology via hands-on classroom projects - projects included motorized Lego cars, rudimentary circuits, high speed photography, and basic chemistry - helped maintain classroom supply inventory

- Co-wrote script and contributed to music to create an original show about hacking culture and life at MIT - Collaborated with MIT administration, teachers, and students to create a work that has a significant positive impact on the MIT community - Produced by the MIT Musical Theater Guild during IAP 2012 - Writing and music teams recorded and mastered an original cast recording, released in Sept 2012 - Released a subtitled video recording of the MIT production on YouTube in Sept 2013

- researched, developed, and performed 20-minute presentations on science and technology topics - contacted and coordinated guest presenters - organized logistics for Museum events

EEG lab technician - organize and manage EEG lab, Psychiatry Suite of BIDMC West Campus - inventory and maintain lab equipment - design and implement experimental paradigms in Superlab and Presentation software - run EEGs on study participants - manage subject payment - organize, analyze, and maintain lab data - give regular lab updates at project meetingsSubject Recruitment - place ads and flyers - phonescreen potential participantsSubject Coordination/Clinical assessments - consent eligible study participants - coordinate and schedule study assessments for study participantsResearch Assistant - assist PIs and RAs with other studies and projects - complete IRB requirements for research protocols

- coordinate guest travel and lodging logistics - organize event AV logistics - contact and invite potential guests - give input on potential speakers and panels - coordinate local and non-local volunteers and sponsors - manage equipment rental and usage