Research/Areas of Interest

Neuroscience; addiction; transgenerational epigenetics; extracellular vesicles; the role of microRNAs in addiction; opiate addiction and how exposure in one generation can impact future offspring; mechanisms of experience-driven changes in gene expression within an individual and in future progeny

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2011
  • Master of Arts, Boston University, USA, 2008
  • BA, Boston University, Boston, United States, 2004