ACADEMIC HISTORY:

Solomon H. Snyder Dept of Neuroscience 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, Maryland 
PhD. Candidate  Sept 2021-Present
Mentor: Dr. Hyungbae Kwon

The Lander College for Women, A Division of Touro College, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology  June 2019
G.P.A.: 3.93

AWARDS & GRANTS:
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Fall 2023

Johns Hopkins SOM Solomon H Snyder Fellowship
Fall 2021 

Lander College for Women Honors Scholar Spring 2017 Spring 2019

IES Brain Research Foundation Undergraduate Fellow Summer 2018

EMPLOYMENT / VOLUNTEERING HISTORY:
The Liston Lab 
Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical , New York, NY
Research Technician February 2019 - July 2021

The Neural Circuits Lab
Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
Undergraduate Research Assistant Fall 2017 - Fall 2018
Mentors: Dr. Alex Harris & Dr. Atheir Abbas 

PUBLICATIONS: 
Spellman TJ, Svei M, Kaminsky J, Manzano-Nieves G, Liston C (2020). Prefrontal deep projection neurons enable cognitive flexibility via persistent feedback monitoring. Cell. 2021. DOI:


SKILLS/ PROFICIENCIES:
Python
Matlab 

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