I received my undergraduate degree in Biology at Caltech and subsequently went to Harvard College for my Ph.D. in Biochemistry. I pursued my post-doctoral position at Harvard Medical School in sensory neuroscience and was an Instructor in the Neurobiology Department before being recruited to Rutgers.
   
Using my molecular neuroscience training, my research goal is to understand changes in the epigenetic landscape during spiral ganglion neuron (SGNs) regeneration. SGNs are the auditory neurons in the inner ear that allow us to hear. Noise damage and other ototoxic insults kill SGNs. The lack of SGN regeneration in mammals results in hearing loss. My lab has identified candidate chromatin remodeling proteins that are involved in SGN regeneration. By combining single-cell sequencing with super-resolution microscopy, we are probing the molecular mechanisms underlying the function of these chromatin remodeling proteins during SGN regeneration.