National Science Foundation funded outreach program with the YMCA of Greater Rochester's Camp Thunderbird. Plan and execute age-appropriate science activities to expose and engage young students in science.

Neural Circuits and Computation Laboratory, Advisor: Krishnan Padmanabhan, Ph.D.Projects: 1. Anatomical organization of feedback to the main olfactory bulb 2. The role of feedback projections from the hippocampus to the olfactory bulb in sensory coding 3. Sex differences in head-fixed running behavior 4. 3D printing of cranial interfaces for neuroscienceSkills: virus tracing, anatomy, in vivo electrophysiology, MATLAB coding, optogenetics, histology, microscopy

Neuroblastoma Therapy Development Laboratory, Advisor: Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D.Project: Effects of the transcriptional co-activator EYA1 on MYCN oncogene stability in neuroblastomaSkills: cell culture, immunostaining, microscopy

Stem Cell and Disease Modeling Laboratory, Advisor: Ruchira Singh, Ph.D.Project: Establishing a hiPSC-derived model of Batten disease to investigate the role of CLN3 in the retinaSkills: iPSC cell culture, cryosectioning, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy

• Peer tutor for pre-calculus, psychology, and neuroscience• Experience with a variety of student skill levels • Ability to tutor one-on-one and group settings• Extensive training to ensure proper tutoring assistance • College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) certified

Psychopharmacology Laboratory, Advisor: Glenn W. Stevenson, Ph.D.Projects: 1. Characterizing the abuse liability of the novel mixed-action mu/delta opioid receptor analgesic drug BBI-11008 using drug self-administration procedures in rats. 2. Characterizing the interactions among exercise, motivation, and pain. Assessing the effects of acute and chronic pain-like states on conditioned (operant schedules) and unconditioned (wheel running) behaviors. 3. Exploring cellular mechanisms underlying exercise-induced attenuation of pain-related behaviorsSkills: project planning and development, animal behavior (operant conditioning, self-administration, von Frey), coding, data organization and analysis, management of lab and lab members.