Neuroscience Graduate Student
Brenda received her Bachelor’s degree in Biopsychology from UC Santa Barbara. She previously worked as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Ron Keiflin’s lab and later as a technician in Dr. Vijay Namboodiri’s lab, where she studied associative learning and memory in both roles. In the Zen lab, she is excited to explore how progranulin loss affects social attachment behavior in prairie voles. Outside the lab, she enjoys watching basketball, playing guitar, and taking long walks.