Ciencia Puerto Rico

I received my PhD in Psychology (Focus on Behavioral Neuroscience) from the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras,  where I worked with Dr. Gregory Quirk studying the neural circuits of fear and avoidance learning. I then completed my postdoctoral training with Dr. Garret Stuber at UNC Chapel Hill where I studied the neural circuits of arousal and motivation. I'm currently a principal investigator in the Department of Psychiatry, the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, the Neuroscience Center, and the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disorders at UNC Chapel Hill. I also Co-Direct the Carolina Stress Initiative and I'm the Assistant Director of the Intellectual and Developmental Disorders Research Center.