I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Martha Bagnall’s lab at WashU.
We use zebrafish to ask questions about the development of the nervous system.
I am interested in the motor system, especially the spinal cord, as well as in aging
and neurodegeneration. Currently, I primarily write computer simulations to investigate
spinal cord function, based on the electrophysiology data collected by the lab. I am also
interested in space biology, which brings together all my favorite research topics, such as
motor system function (and how the space environment affects it), development
(and how different would it be in space), neurodegeneration and aging (space is known to drive
accelerated aging, which can be leveraged for studying aging on Earth as well,
for maturing organoids faster, and so much more!).