Lewis Nunez Severino
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Lewis graduated from Hunter College with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, a concentration in Physiology and a minor in Sociology. His research interests are in the neural mechanisms that underlie motivation, working memory, and decision making.
He worked under the mentorship of Dr. Nesha Burghardt as he investigated the neural basis of rewarding effects of methamphetamine in adolescent mice. His project aimed to identify sex differences in the rewarding effects of methamphetamine in adolescent mice of two strains. During summer 2023, Lewis conducted research in Dr. Theresa Desrochers’ Lab at Brown University while investigating neural activity patterns that underly abstract sequences in humans by using fMRI data. Additionally, he investigated the neurobiology of drug-induced schizophrenia in Dr. Kevin Jones’ Lab at the University of Michigan, where his project focused on the regulation of an activity dependent transcription factor that plays a role in physiological properties of mature neurons. Lewis is interested in answering questions about the neural dynamics involved in information processing and executive function to assess their involvement in disorders like OCD. Ultimately, with a passion for teaching and opening more spaces for diversity in science, he would like to pursue a career in academia. |