About Me
I'm an MD-PhD student in neuroscience working at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and behavioral neuroscience. I build markerless pose estimation and behavioral-state modeling pipelines that turn video of freely behaving animals into objective measurements of gait, pain responses, and recovery after spinal cord injury. Earlier in my training I developed AAV and CRISPR-based tools for the nervous system — work I now extend with computational methods.
Research Focus
Spinal Cord Injury • Movement Recovery • Pose Estimation • Behavioral Phenotyping • Quantitative Phenotyping • Computational Tools
Education
MD - Doctor of Medicine & PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Researching movement and recovery after spinal cord injury through computational and experimental neuroscience.
PhD - Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics
University of Palermo (UNIPA)
Dual degree PhD program in collaboration with UTMB focusing on spinal cord injury research.
BS in Neuroscience (with Honors)
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)
Thesis: "Engineering the Neuronal Genome with CRISPR-Cas".
AAS in Paramedicine
McLennan Community College
Clinical training in emergency medical techniques and acute patient care.