Congratulations to our Neuroscience Seniors who have successfully defended their honor theses!

  • Mia Zwally '23; Neuroscience Honors
    • Thesis: Neural Similarity as a Predictor of Social Motivation
  • Rakshita Balaji '23; Biology Honors
    • Thesis: The effect of practice breaks on auditory perceptual learning in an animal model
  • Megan Burke '23; Biology Honors
    • Thesis: Rasd1 is a potential target of histone deacetylase 5 in dorsal striatum following incubation of methamphetamine craving

Megan Burke was also selected as one of Maryland's "Undergraduate Researchers of the Year" for 2023. This award recognizes individual undergraduates  who have distinguished themselves exceptionally in research activities over the span of their time at the University.

We are extremely proud of all the hard work our senior honor students have put forth into their independent studies. We look forward to witnessing how their findings contribute to the growth of neuroscience research as a whole! 

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