Research Focus:

My research interests are to obtain a comprehensive profile of cell types within the visual cortex. Utilizing my experience in electrophysiology and in vitro optogenetics, I will use transgenic mice to methodically characterize the synaptic connections into the visual cortex, extract the cellular contents of single cells and obtain a full transcriptional profile with the hopes of further classifying specific cell types. With this information we can gain a more comprehensive understanding of the molecular underpinnings of the physiological diversity of different cell types, ultimately, building the framework of how visual information is coded within the brain.