I am an M.D./Ph.D. candidate in the Neurosciences program at Stanford University, where I work with Professors Lisa Giocomo and Karl Deisseroth. My research focuses on how the brain builds coherent internal models of the world and what happens when those models break down. I combine large-scale, multi-region Neuropixels recordings in mice with causal optogenetic manipulation and population-geometry analysis to map how ketamine disrupts higher-order representations of space and emotion. Through collaboration with Professor Surya Ganguli's group in Applied Physics, I connect these findings to questions in artificial intelligence about how structured, low-dimensional representations are constructed and lost. Prior to Stanford, I completed my undergraduate degree in Human Biology at the University of Virginia, studied neural circuits underlying feeding regulation at UCSF, and conducted brainstem circuit research spanning single-cell sequencing and optogenetics.