My PhD is from the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine. I was a grad student in Ron Davis' lab, where I examined the alterations in activity of neurons underlying learning and memory in D. melanogaster. Following that I did a brief postdoc investigating the regulation of gene expression by nuclear receptors in a non-neuronal context. My interest in the Ingraham lab is to integrate my previous training experiences to investigate how nuclear receptors can modulate neuronal activity to influence behavioral and physiological states.