Biography

At Harvard University I majored in the History of Science with a focus on Mind, Brain and Behavior. There my thesis analyzed the history of the pineal gland. The neuroendocrine though hidden between your brain hemispheres behind skin and skull, has light sensitive properties, which produced intriguing narratives about its evolution and function. This research as well as volunteer work at BMC’s women’s resource center sparked an interest in the biological and historical relationship between human and environment. How does our environment affect us? How do we become aware of these effects? In New York, I researched physician-industry relationships and dual-loyalties in military medicine at Columbia’s Center on Medicine as a Profession. At Columbia’s Memory Lab I explored metacognition of agency and failure. At the Cambridge, I will study evolutionary studies and research the underpinnings of theory of mind in order to grapple with the biological and evolutionary limits of perspective.