Academic Service
Ad Hoc Reviewer
March 2020 - Present
- Cosyne, Nature Neuroscience, Science Advances, Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience, and Neurobiology of Disease
Rotation Student Mentor
Winter 2022
- Mentored 2 engineering PhD students on my main postdoctoral project
Internship Application Evaluator
Stanford Summer Research Program and the Simons Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2021 - Present
Session Moderator
Neuromatch 3.0 Conference, October 2020
- Moderated 5 talk sessions
- Wrote an MC script that was widely used by other volunteers
High School Student Mentor
Summer 2020
- Virtually mentored a high school student completing a senior thesis project on detecting dentate spikes from my published data
Pre-Grad Mentor
Project Short, the Stanford Neuroscience Graduate Application Assistance Program, and DisabledinSTEM, 2020 - Present
Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) Co-Chair
Inhibition in the CNS GRS, 2019 - 2023
- Designing a diverse & inclusive conference
- Fundraising from scientific companies and foundations
- Recruiting to build a diverse agenda of speakers
Gladstone Institutes
GO Co-Chair
Gladstone Graduate Organization, 2018 - 2019
- Represented student interests to the institute president and administration
- Coordinated leaders and budget of all GO committees in order to create mentorship, leadership, career-building, and community-building opportunities for the graduate students
Student Outreach Committee Co-Chair
Gladstone Outreach Office, 2017 - 2019
- Helped establishing the mission and direction of the outreach office
Community College Student Mentor
Gladstone Institutes Promoting Underrepresented Minority Advancement in Science Program, 2016
- Mentored a community college student with no lab experience to build confidence and skill in reading and presenting papers, conducting lab work, analyzing data, and defending a poster presentation
- Taught two workshops for interns
- Worked with outreach staff to evaluate candidate applications and design the program’s structure
- My institute published an article I wrote about my experience
Education and Outreach Committee Chair
Gladstone Graduate Organization, 2016 - 2018
- Interfaced between graduate students and outreach staff to communicate student interests and build a network of student volunteers for outreach opportunities
- Frequent volunteer at Gladstone and UCSF outreach events, including Bay Area Science Festival, STEM Career Day, San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair, and others
High School Student Mentor
Gladstone Institutes, 2015 & 2016
- Mentored 1 high school student with previous lab experience for 1 summer and 1 high school student with no lab experience for 2 summers
- Interns could successfully analyze a paper to present in a journal club format, show mastery of basic lab skills, and synthesize their work into a final oral presentation by the end of the summer
University of Maryland
Editor-in-Chief
Scientific Terrapin, University of Maryland’s Undergraduate Research Journal, 2012-2013
- Led 20 editorial staff members in soliciting, reviewing, proofing, presenting, and publishing academic papers written by undergraduate students
- Promoted University of Maryland local science news and undergraduate research
Webmaster
University of Marylands’ Association for Women in Computing, 2011 - 2014
- Created and maintained organization website
- Volunteered at events to support current female computer science students and to foster interest in computer science in grade school girls, including tutoring, hackathons, and code camps
Web Design Chair & Graphics Co-Chair
Scientific Terrapin, 2010-2013
- Created and maintained online journal website
- Designed and published web and print layouts for accepted papers and news features.
- Wrote feature articles to promote local science news