Previously, he earned his BA in Biology with a Neuroscience concentration from Cornell University, and his PhD in Zoology at the University of Texas at Austin. His postdoctoral work was performed at the U. of Washington and Duke University. A central focus of his vision for the Triangle chapter of SfN is undergraduates. As a faculty at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI), he is keenly aware of the need to engage students in the vibrant neuroscience community of central NC and connect these students with researchers doing more cutting-edge research than would be possible at most PUI’s. He seeks to encourage and lead the chapter in developing opportunities and events to encourage undergraduates from PUI’s to interact with researchers (from grad students to PI’s) from R1 institutions.