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• Executes management activities for the Single Ventricle Research Fund and Collaborative Sciences Awards programs. This portfolio includes over 60 research awards for a total investment of over $50M.• Contributes to management throughout the award lifecycle, including application processes, scientificreviews, progress reporting, budget compliance, and providing technical support to grantees and applicants.• Develop strategic programming initiatives for awardee cohorts, optimize grants administration processes and foster strong relationships with external partners.

New York, New York, United States

• Primary scientific project manager for a multi-institutional research collaboration seeking to understand the spread of Parkinson's disease pathology from the gut to the brain. • Facilitated collaboration and fosters open science within the Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) research network by managing multiple collaborative working groups, promoting data sharing and organizing seminars.• Supported day-to-day lab activity including resource and workflow management, organizing internal/external presentations and managing two direct-reports.

• Worked with growing biotechnology companies to identify, recruit and hire top scientific talent. • Developed, managed and implemented full-cycle recruiting strategies for technical, scientific and operational roles.• Led recruiting for multiple simultaneous positions across 5 clients and delivered results within deadline and budget

Austin, Texas, United States

• Used electrophysiology, optogenetics and computational modeling to elucidate the mechanisms of computation in the sensory cortex. • Developed and implemented a neuronal model in MATLAB that uncovered both circuit and cellular mechanisms of contextual modulation the visual system.• Applied an interdisciplinary, standardized approach that identified a common adaptive response profile across multiple areas of sensory cortex. • Cleaned, manipulated and performed statistical analyses on electrophysiological and imaging datasets.• Trained and mentored incoming lab personnel on experimental methods and best practices.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Delivered lectures and assisted with student experiments for three sections of an undergraduate neurophysiology lab - Received an average student evaluation of 4.8/5 across three sections

Flagstaff, Arizona, United States

• Utilized electroencephalography to measure neuronal signatures of empathy in humans• Revealed a pattern of EEG activity that distinguishes between the self and others’ emotional states• Scored both behavioral and EEG patterns in rats to identify changes in rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep following a social conflict• Completed research internships at McGill University (Canada), the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix, Arizona)

Phd, Neuroscience

Graduate Concentration: Leadership & Project Management Graduate Concentration: Communicating Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychological Sciences

Minor: Chemistry

Study Abroad, Psychology