Nadia is a second-year PhD student in the Neuroscience program at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology, with a minor in Neuroscience, from Drexel University.
As an undergraduate, she was extensively involved in research and led an independent project in the laboratory of Dr. Wen-Jun Gao at Drexel University College of Medicine, where she investigated in vivo prefrontal norepinephrine dynamics underlying anxiety-like and fear-related behaviors in mice. After graduating, she remained in the Gao Lab as a full-time research technician for one year before beginning her PhD. During that time, she led the project through its final stages and gained experience preparing manuscripts for publication.