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I belong to one of the most influential generations humankind may ever know. We are one of the smallest generations history has ever produced, perhaps only five years wide, maybe less. A statistical blip. A rounding error wedged between late Baby Boomers and early Millennials. And yet, I believe we are one of the most interesting generations humanity has ever known. I am a Xennial.   Xennials are a generation that came just after Gen X, but predated Millennials. Image downloa

Cavefish living in total darkness evolved dramatic changes in sleep, stress, and neural circuits. Discover how Astyanax mexicanus rewires its brain to survive without light — and what this reveals about neural adaptation across vertebrates.

I often wonder why a nine-year-old's brain works so differently from a teenager's, or why cognitive changes seem to accelerate around retirement age? In my view, recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and data science are revealing that our brains don't develop gradually: instead, they undergo dramatic reorganization at specific "topological turning points" throughout our lives. In my lab, we're fascinated by how these developmental patterns compare across species in comparativ

I have had my lab since 2017, and I have made advances that I am extraordinarily proud of. I had the opportunity to enter a science world that catered to junior sciencest and Postdocs wanting to jump on the science scene. But today, federal funding for academic science, especially neuroscience, is under severe strain in 2025 and early-career PIs and new labs are bearing much of the burden. Agencies like National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF)