Research Scientist (Graduate)
- Organized research projects across several laboratories to generate and publish data on preclinical animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders
- Problem-solved technical issues in a rat model of maternal immune activation, leading to several publications
- Developed novel approaches to evaluate complex cognitive processing in rats that are significantly more efficient and effective than ones established in existing literature
- Established rat neuronal cell cultures containing both astrocytes and microglia for ICC
- Analyzed several hundreds of tissue and sera samples on immune functional assays, including multiplex assays using Luminex technology
- Assessed the longitudinal development of rat behavior with 10+ behavior assays