About Me
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Ariadne ("Ari") Penalva is originally from Mexico, and moved to the US to pursue a high school degree in Phillips Exeter Academy in Boston and later an undergraduate degree in both Biochemistry and Psychology at Cornell College, Iowa. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Neuroscience in Adam Douglass's lab, where she is exploring the relationship between neural circuits and behavior using a novel fish species. Outside the lab she enjoys hiking, musicals, terrible movies, D&D, and making new podcasts.