As a postdoc, I study the brain’s locus coeruleus — a small brain region that influences anything from the regulation of sleep and memory to brain capillaries and immune response. My research focuses particularly on what happens to the brain when the locus coeruleus is dysfunctional, and how this may contribute to the development of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This was also the main focus of my PhD research. I hold a masters's degree in neuroscience and neuroimaging.
My primary responsibility is to run my own research projects, including data collection – with a particular focus on various MRI modalities and behavioral testing in mice – as well as data analysis, statistics, and writing scientific articles. I also contribute to other projects through data analysis, statistics, and the implementation of mouse models with locus coeruleus dysfunction.
