Education

Doctor of Philosophy

2018-2024

Department of Physiology, University of Toronto

  • Collaborative Specialization in Neuroscience

    cGPA: 4.0/4.0

  • Dissertation title: Neuronal and molecular states associated with consolidation of aversive long-term memory in Lymnaea stagnalis

    Supervisor: Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng

    Technical skills: Western blot, RT-PCR, Coimmunoprecipitation and affinity pulldown, Intracellular and patch clamp recordings, Data science in R, Python, Transcriptome analysis

  • PSL1053 - Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function

    PSL1026 - Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology

    PSL1452 - Membrane Physiology: Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function

  • Head Coordinator, Lecturer - Neurosci101 (September 2018-August 2023)

    Member - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, Department of Physiology (December 2020-present)

    Director - PhysioMP, Department of Physiology (September 2020-August 2021)

Honours Bachelor of Sciences

2014-2018

Integrated Science, McMaster University

  • Concentration in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour

    Minor in Biology

    cGPA: 3.8/4.0

  • Topic: The effects of microbiota on the differentiation of enteric neural crest-derived cells

    Supervisor: Dr. Elyanne M. Ratcliffe

    Skills: primary mammalian cell culture, immunostaining

  • LIFESCI 4XX3: Structure and Function of the Synapse

    LIFESCI 3BB3: Neurobiology of Disease

    BIOLOGY 4T03: Neurobiology

    NEUROSCI 3SN3: Neural Circuits

    PNB 3XE3: Inferential Statistics

    BIOLOGY 3P03: Cell Physiology

  • Vocal Director - McMaster Science Musical (May 2016-April 2018)

    Director, Founder - iSci Acappella (October 2015-May 2016)