I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Adesnik Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, where I develop new optical methods for reading and writing neural activity at previously inaccessible scales. My work sits at the intersection of engineering, programming, and neuroscience: I build tools—most recently a multicolor holographic two-photon microscope—to test how specific neurons and ensembles give rise to cortical computation and perception.

I earned my Ph.D. in Neuroscience at UC Santa Barbara, where I was the founding member of the Goard Lab. There I used two-photon calcium imaging to study how the mouse visual cortex represents motion, and how visual landmarks anchor the brain's internal compass during spatial navigation. Before that, I received my B.S. in Physiology and Neuroscience from UC San Diego.

My long-term goal is to take a reverse-engineering approach to fundamental questions in systems neuroscience, and ultimately to lead my own lab. I'm also a strong believer in open science, and I share the tools and techniques I develop along the way.