I was originally from Budapest, Hungary, and moved to New York City in 2015 to pursue my undergraduate degree. I graduated from CCNY, where my research focused on the development of cone photoreceptors in chicken embryos. Moving West to Cal Tech, I began my graduate studies at Carlos Lois' lab to explore the neuronal mechanisms underlying memory conservation in motor circuits. For this work, I received the Chen Innovator Grant to understand how adult birdsong is maintained following perturbation. In the Ingraham lab, I wish to understand how estrogen regulates glial and neuronal cells in aging and injury repair. Outside of work, my two passions are hiking and reading.
2020 Chen Innovator Grant Award, Chen Institute of Neuroscience
2017 Olivia McKenna Award for Excellence in Neuroscience Research, City College
2015 – 2017 City College Fellow, City University of New York City College
2015 – 2017 Honors Research Student, City University of New York City College