I am a Post Doc researcher at the University of Rockefeller (New York) in the Jarvis lab. I am working on the neurobiology of language, using songbirds as animal models, as well as on evolutionary genomics, trying to decipher the evolutionary history of several gene families (Vertebrate Genomes Project).

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For my PhD (Barcelona, Duke and Rockefeller Universities) I focused on the role of oxytocin in the evolution of human prosociality and in the evolution of speech; I worked on the evolutionary history of the oxytocin and vasopressin/vasotocin ligands and receptors; I, lastly, tested the human self-domestication hypothesis using (paleo)genomic tools.

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I am also a strong advocate for supporting women and other underrepresented minorities in STEM, and I am involved in science communication to the public. I am currently a STEM mentor in the NYAS program teaching Life Sciences to elementary and middle school students in underserved communities throughout NYC.

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