New York, New York, United States
My broad research goal is to understand how humans and other animals use sensory information to learn about the world and to guide behavior. As a platform for this, I study auditory and motor systems in awake, behaving mice. My current work combines intracellular physiology, high-throughput extracellular recordings, multi-photon calcium imaging of large neural populations, optogenetic perturbations, viral labeling and behavioral techniques to study how motor-related signals in the mouse brain influence sensation, perception and behavior. The goals of my current work are to uncover and dissect synaptic circuits that integrate sensory and motor information; to understand how our own actions influence our perception of external events; and to understand how sensory and motor systems interact to guide adaptive behavior.
Titus M. Coan Prize for Excellence in Basic Research NIH NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship Gatsby Initiative in Brain Circuitry Predoctoral Fellowship
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