CV
Education
- Ph.D in Psychology - Brain and Behavior, University of Michigan, 2028 (expected)
- Advisors: Drs. Jacinta Beehner and Ben Dantzer
- B.S. in Neuroscience with Honors, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
- B.A. in Anthropology with Honors, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
Work experience
- PhD Student Researcher (Aug 2023 - Present)
- Beehner Endocrine Laboratory, University of Michigan
- Capuchinos de Taboga Research Project, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Investigating endocrine plasticity in the stress response of free-living white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator) to social and energetic stressors using non-invasive sampling
- Associate Instructional Specialist (Aug 2022 - Jul 2023)
- Travis County 4-H Capital Americorps Project, Texas A&M University Agrilife Extension
- Taught K-5th grade agricultural science with an emphasis on experiential learning with livestock; provided frontline veterinary care for project animals (goats, rabbits, hens, ducks)
- Undergraduate Research Assistant (Jun 2019 - May 2022)
- PI: Dr. Liza J. Shapiro
- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
- Analyzed quadrupedal gait kinematic data from field recordings of arboreal neotropical primates; conducted literature review projects
- Freshman Researcher (Jan 2019 - Oct 2019)
- PI: Dr. Josh Beckham
- Freshman Research Initiative in the Virtual Cures Stream, University of Texas at Austin
- Identified novel therapeutics combining computational methods and wet lab techniques to assess the fit of potential drug compounds with proteins implicated in disease etiology
Publications
Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
Your Name, You. (2015). "Paper Title Number 3." Journal 1. 1(3).
Your Name, You. (2010). "Paper Title Number 2." Journal 1. 1(2).
Your Name, You. (2009). "Paper Title Number 1." Journal 1. 1(1).
Talks
March 01, 2014
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA
February 01, 2014
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
March 01, 2013
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA
March 01, 2012
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA
Teaching
Service
University Service
- 2025-2026 Departmental Associate, Brain and Behavior Area
- 2024-2025 Student Academic Affairs, Brain and Behavior Area Representative
- 2023-2024 Graduate Mentor, Michigan Association of Psychological Scholars
Professional Service
- 2025-2026 DEIA Committee Member, American Society of Primatologists
- Since 2024, contributed peer review to: Royal Society Open Science, Proceedings of the Royal Society B
HONORS AND AWARDS
Graduate
- Extramural
- R.C. Lewontin Early Award, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2025 ($2,416)
- Intramural
- Rackham Merit Fellowship, 2023- Present (5-year funding)
- Susan Webb Psychology Graduate Student Award, 2026 ($1,000)
- Rackham Student Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, 2026 ($2,800)
- Rackham International Research Award, International Institute, 2026 ($7,000)
- Conference Travel Grant, Rackham Graduate School, 2025 ($900)
- Leonard Small Award, Department of Psychology, 2025 ($1,000)
- EHAP Research Award, Evolution and Human Adaptation Program, 2024 ($1,050)
- Latin American & Caribbean Studies Tinker Field Research Grant, International Institute, 2024 ($2,500)
- Rackham Student Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, 2024 ($1,500)
Undergraduate
- Intramural
- 2022 College Scholar
- 2020 Ellison Scholarship ($150)
- 2019 Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate Fellow
- 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($1,500)
Skills
- Computational: Intermediate R, Basic Python; Familiarity with Markdown, LaTeX
- Laboratory: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), fecal and urine sample collection, hormone extraction
- Behavior: Behavioral coding using Animal Observer, BoutKeeper software
- Field: Manual transmission, 4X4
- Languages: English (native fluency), Spanish (B1), German (A1)
Professional Membership
Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, American Society of Primatologists, International Society of Wildlife Endocrinologists, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society