I am an assistant teaching professor at Rice University. My primary job is to build the new neuroscience major at Rice by instructing classes in basic experimental techniques, behavioral and molecular neuroscience, and science communication. I received my doctorate at UTHealth in theoretical neuroscience, where I studied the computational underpinnings of perceptual phenomena. I have a particular interest in how noise in neuronal communication effects perception as well as the neural correlates of timing.

Besides teaching, I do a lot of work in science communication, outreach and organization. I am the lead representative of the Houston Chapter of the Society of Neuroscience, with the primary goal of organizing inter-institutional relationships in the Houston neuroscience community. Additionally, I run several organizations that bring science to the public, with the largest being BrainSTEM. This is a course/club/civic organization (it’s a little strange…) that teaches neuroscience subjects to several local under-served K12 schools on a weekly basis.