Review neuroscience literature on children's decisional capacity and the importance of children's voice being heard in foster care proceedingsSynthesize literature in collaboration with colleagues and National Association of Counsel for Children representatives to generate white paper for use in legislative lobbyingReview literature on dementia and financial capacity in elder adults and synthesize that literature to generate a white paper on necessary increased protections for elder individuals to prevent exploitation

Executed a large-scale fMRI data analysis project, analyzing the data from raw format through all stages of processing using Linux OS, fMRIPrep, AFNI, and FreeSurfer on the McLean Imaging Center Computing ClusterAccomplished my Senior Thesis, including conducting literature review, gaining in-depth understanding of resting state fMRI and state-of-the-art cortical parcellation methods, executing quality control measures, generating cortical and subcortical visualizations, and interpreting my findings and their impact on the fieldAssisted in growing lab by interviewing new hires and answering questions using my institutional knowledge

Scrutinized an existing behavioral paradigm examining brain mechanisms of color perception in macaquesDeveloped and iterated an original statistical model to understand macaques' experience of behavioral paradigmCreated a poster and presentation to display my findings at the 2021 NIH Summer Research Week