Research focused on neural signaling between the brain and body, specifically on how neurons represent information about immune responses.

Led and directed the Lab of Translational Neuroscience at the Feinstein Institute and the Zucker Hillside Hospital. We were part of a research group investigating the biological basis of schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses. Our lab used a range of tools in neuroscience, molecular biology, and imaging (fluorescence microscopy and noninvasive modalities) to examine the structural and molecular changes associated with psychiatric brain disorders.

Led multiple collaborative projects examining the role of anti-NMDAR autoantibodies in neuropsychiatric lupus (NP-SLE). This included in vivo brain recordings, cognitive testing of mice immunized with a lupus-related peptide, microscopic analysis of autoantibody-associated brain changes, and developing a novel visuospatial assay for NP-SLE patients in the clinic. Also collaborated with the Marambaud lab to examine the role of the CALHM1 ion channel (relevance to Alzheimer's disease) in synaptic plasticity and cognition.

Worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Burke Medical Research Institute, a campus of Weill Cornell Medical College. Performed in vivo neurophysiological recordings in order to understand how brain structures, such as the dorsal subiculum, encode recognition information. We showed that novelty information could be represented by local field potential oscillations and neural firing patterns within hippocampal and subicular neuronal populations.

Graduate student in NYU's Center for Neural Science where I performed research and served as a Teaching Assistant for a number of undergraduate courses. Performed a lab rotation for one-year in the lab of Dr. Dan Sanes investigating long-term synaptic depression in the developing auditory brainstem.Doctoral dissertation work was performed in the lab of Dr. Patricio Huerta examining mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. This doctoral work involved ex vivo field and whole-cell recordings of neurons from genetically manipulated (knock-in and knock-out) mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. We also worked in collaboration with Drs. Chiye Aoki and Robert Levy to perform electron microscopy quantification of AMPA receptors in the mouse hippocampus.

Handled reservations, front desk duties, and guest relations at the premier hotel on the UCLA campus.

Performed research in the lab of Dr. Charles Randy Gallistel studying the scalar nature of distance memory in mice. Along with two other undergraduates in the lab, we designed and constructed an infrared-based system for tracking mice in a large 4-arm maze in which the location of food reward was varied on a daily basis.I also worked in the lab of Dr. Michael Fanselow, studying the neural basis of fear conditioning in rats. Primarily working with postdoc Dr. Gregory Gale, I performed a lesion study to show that cued fear conditioning was lateralized in the basolateral amygdala of rats.

Parked cars at various private events in Brentwood, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, and other locations in the LA area.

Delivered pizzas at incredible speeds.