Year you started the Neuroscience Program: 2004

Why you chose the UC Denver Neuroscience Program: The quality and variety of faculty research, the good location, and the atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration.

What labs you rotated in: Zawada, Artinger, C. Sladek

What lab you joined and why: C. Sladek; small lab, good relationship with PI, research interests

Short description of your project: To determine the role of estrogen receptor beta in magnocellular neurons of the supraoptic nucleus during dehydration

Where you attended undergrad and what your major/minor(s) were: Oberlin College, neuroscience major, chemistry minor

What you did (if anything) between undergrad and grad school: didn't take time off

What you like to do outside of school: hiking, snowboarding, reading