Brief Biographical Sketch:

I'm mostly obsessed with how the brain works - and especially, why sometimes it doesn't. That's why I'm doing translational Neuroscience research. Specifically, I'm studying stroke and after-stroke recovery.

I was born and raised in Lithuania, then went to Harvard as an undergraduate, where I studied both Neurobiology and Spanish. Before starting graduate school, I decided to take a year off and went to Peru to work on a project about local medicinal plants.

Now I'm glad to be back to labs, mice, microscopes and other such joys of hard science. I remain passionate about different cultures, languages (I'm fluent in three, working on the fourth) and exploring the world. Eventually, I hope to become a teaching professor, and stay involved in community education.

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