• Conducting behavioral assays in rodent models, including operant chambers, rotarod, Morris water maze, and elevated plus maze (EPM), to assess motivation, learning, and anxiety-related behaviors• Writing a senior Honors thesis on the effects of duloxetine on motivation in a male rodent model of depression

• Exploring the transient nature of gamma oscillations using the Wilson-Cowan model and Python-based simulations• Utilizing numerical analysis and code to automate the detection of fixed-point stability, limit cycles, and Hopf bifurcations• Conducting in silico modeling of cholinergic projections to the cortex to investigate neural circuits in Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS)-aided post-stroke motor rehabilitation

• Educating high school students in mathematics and sciences

• Researched crosstalk between mTOR and Hippo pathways in Drosophila melanogaster• Generated gene knockout mutants and analyzed protein expression using FRT/FLP and UAS-Gal4 systems

• Researched nicotine's neuroprotective effect on dopaminergic neurons in a mouse model of Parkinson’s• Prepared and administered nicotine and tartaric acid solutions; conducted motor skills and anxiety tests (rotarod, elevated plus maze, open field) on experimental mice

• Provided excellent customer service to 100+ daily patrons and ensured efficient store operations.