EDUCATION

2002-2004 - Oxford University, Magdalen College, Oxford, UK

Rhodes Scholar

PhD in Medical Sciences (Neuroscience)

1998-2002 - Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA

BA

Major in Psychological and Brain Sciences

Minor in Neuroscience

Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2007-present - Dartmouth College, Office of the Dean of the Faculty

Assistant Dean of the Faculty for Special Projects

• Involved in helping to further the academic mission of the College.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2006- Dartmouth College, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Michael S. Gazzaniga

• Research objective includes understanding interhemisphereic connectivity using the neuroimaging technique DTI and relating connectivity differences to individual behavioral differences.

2005- Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Alvaro Pascual-Leone

• Research objective includes understanding cortical plasticity in the human brain by researching recovery from chronic stroke following treatment with transcranial magnetic stimulation

2002-2004 - Oxford University, Univ. Laboratory of Physiology

Graduate Student , Laboratory of Colin Blakemore

• PhD thesis aimed at investigating cortical plasticity in the human brain by researching blindness, multisensory integration and synaesthesia (using fMRI, MEG and DTI brain imaging techniques)

2002 - Dartmouth College, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

Research Assistant , Laboratory of Michael Gazzaniga and Paul Corballis

• Conducted fMRI research on perceptual grouping in the visual cortex

2000-2002 - Dartmouth College, Psychological and Brain Sciences Dept.

Undergraduate Thesis Student, Laboratory of Jeffrey Taube

• Investigated head direction cell firing during periods of disorientation using single cell recording

1999 - Dartmouth College, Psychological and Brain Sciences Dept.

Summer Research Assistant , Laboratory of Todd Heatherton

• Helped to investigated influence of cigarette usage and advertisements in movies on increases teenage smoking

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2006 - present  Dartmouth College

          Visiting Assistant Professor

• Biological Psychology (Psych 26, Winter Term '06-7 & '07-8)
• Functional Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cass (Psych 80, senior seminar, Spring Term '07
• The Art of Science Writing (WRIT 47, senior seminar, Fall Term '07, '08)
• Independent Study Supervisor (various subjects/terms)

2003-2004 - Oxford University , St. Hilda's College, UK

Lecturer

• Member of the faculty at St. Hilda's College
• Taught the following undergraduate college courses:
• Introduction to Neurophysiology 1
• Introduction to Neurophysiology 2
• Brain and Behaviour

2001 - Dartmouth College, Psychological and Brain Sciences Dept.

Teaching Assistant, "Learning" taught by G. Christian Jernstedt

• Graded Exams, Tutored Students

2001 - Republic of the Marshall Islands , Majuro Middle School

7th Grade Science and English as a Second Language Teacher during Winter "off-term" while studying at Dartmouth

• Created and implemented new science curriculum
• Organized the children's first science fair
• Created the island's first science library with donations from American schools

SCIENCE-RELATED EXPERIENCES

2003-2004 - Univ. Lab of Physiology Departmental Committee

Graduate Representative

2003-2004 - Women in Science, Technology and Engineering UK

Member of the Advisory Board, helped to develop and implement a charter encouraging female scientists to remain in academics

2002 and 2003 - Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience

Selected to be a student Fellow at the conferences in Hanover, NH and Lake Tahoe, CA

2002 - President's Council on Bioethics, Washington, DC, USA

Intern, advisor on brain science issues

• Edited chapter of the council's 2002 report on "Human Cloning and Human Dignity"

2001-2002 - Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science

Associate Editor for the Neurosciences