CV

Here you can find details about my academic trajectory, honors and awards and involvement in academic and leadership activities.

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS

2017 - Present

NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY

Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Institute

Supervisor: Dr. Dayu Lin

Investigate the neuronal substrates and circuitry for innate behaviors in the limbic system.

May-August 2017

Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Neuroscience

Research Supervisor: Dr. Joshua Corbin

Analyze the role of distinct medial amygdala neuronal subpopulations during innate behaviors.

2012-2017

The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Doctor of Philosophy, Neuroscience Track, Molecular Medicine Program

Institute for Biomedical Sciences

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Joshua Corbin

Embryonic transcription factor expression predicts neuronal identity and postnatal innate behavioral activation patterns in the limbic system.

2008-2012

University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Toronto, ON, Canada

Honours Bachelor of Science with Distinction: Psychology Specialist, Neuroscience Major

Undergraduate Thesis Advisor: Dr. Joanne Rovet

Cortical thickness and surface area abnormalities in children with maternal hypothyroidism.

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FUNDING

2021-2026

NIMH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award

Title: Developmental and circuit mechanisms for innate social behaviors in the medial amygdala.

2019-2021

Leon Levy Fellowship in Neuroscience

Title: Developmentally defined neuronal substrates and circuitry for innate behavior processing.

AWARDS and HONORS

2022

Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award

2022

GRC Optogenetics Excellence in Citizenship Award

2022

The Rockefeller University Exceptional Postdoctoral Scientist Award

2016

AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science: 3 years of sponsored membership in AAAS

2016

Inductee to the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society

2015

GWU Research Day- Poster Presentation Award

2012

Father Madden Student Leadership Award, St Michael’s College at the University of Toronto

2012

Honours Bachelor of Science with Distinction

SELECTED/INVITED TALKS

* denotes competitive extramural trainee/postdoctoral seminar series

^ denotes invited talk from conference abstract

* UCLA Seminars by Young Neuroscience Citizen Scholars (SYNCS), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

03/2023

* Emerging Leaders in Neuroscience Seminar Series, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY

10/2022

^ Gordon Research Seminar on Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits and Behavior, Newry, ME

07/2022

* Exceptional Science Scholars Workshop, Rockefeller University, New York, NY

06/2022

* Carney Institute’s Brain Science External Postdoc Seminar Series (BrainExPo), Brown University, Providence, RI

04/2022

03/2022

* Early Career Colloquium, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Translational Research in Progress Seminar, Department of Medicine & Division of Translational Medicine, NYU Langone Health, NY

02/2021

^ Wiring the Brain Conference, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

04/2017

^ Gordon Research Seminar on Amygdala in Health and Disease, Easton, MA

08/2015

GW 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium- “Evolving Brains: Genomes, Connectomes, and Diversity”, Washington, DC

05/2015

PUBLICATIONS

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jweqLI8AAAAJ&hl=en

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LEADERSHIP and CONTRIBUTIONS TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION (selected)

Gordon Research Seminar: Hypothalamus

Co-Chair

2024

Undergraduate Research Training in Neuroscience Program (URTNP) hosted by NYU Langone’s Neuroscience Institute

Co-founder, planning coordinator, and selection committee member Oversaw and organized activities for the summer program

2021-2023

‘CoNNExINS (Colloquium at NYU for networking: extramural for invited neuroscience students)’ the first extramural symposium for external graduate students from diverse backgrounds at NYU Langone’s Neuroscience Institute Organization committee member (21,22) and selection committee member (21) Panelist during the event (21,22)

2021,2022

GRFP fellowship and Graduate school panel for the URTNP

Organizer and moderator

2021,2022

Neuroscience Institute Diversity and Inclusion Committee

at NYU Langone Elected Postdoctoral member

2021,2022

SPiNES Committee member

at NYU Langone’s Neuroscience Institute Member of the selection committee for extramural postdoc seminar series

2018-2021

Institute for Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Association (IBSGSA) Co-President

2015-2017

Sharing our Success Event -Panelist

Shared my experience with middle and high school girls interested in STEM

2017

Girls in Technology Mentor-Protégé Program

Mentor for high school girls interested in STEM

2016-2017

Psychology Students’ Association at the University of Toronto Coordinator (2009-2011) and Co-President (2011-2012)

2009-2012

OTHER ACTIVITIES

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2014-Present

Society for Neuroscience- National Chapter

2016-2017

Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society- Student Member

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

2022-Present

Reviewer (invited): Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

2021-Present

Review Editor on the Editorial board for Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience- Behavioral Neuroscience Archive

2018-Present

Reviewer (with PI): Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Neuron

Co-Founder of Inkblot-The Undergraduate Journal of Psychology- University of Toronto

2014-Present

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2014-2016

Human Physiology Laboratory Course-GWU: Graduate Teaching Assistant (~20 students)

2014-2016

Human Physiology Course- GWU: Guest Lecturer (~100 students)

Graduate Teaching Assistant Certification course at GWU

2014

MENTORING EXPERIENCE

Julieta has mentored 12 students at the undergraduate, graduate and research associate level. Multiple of her mentees have received the prestigious Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund (DURF) to pursue their research projects in the lab.