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I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Comparative Biosciences working with Dr. Paul Eubig. I am interested in how diverse environmental factors, such as exposure to pesticides and disrupting circadian rhythms, can affect behavior.  Specifically, I am interested in using a rodent model to assess the effect of circadian disruption using pharmacologic challenges of cholinergic and dopamergic drugs. This will pave the way to subsequent research testing the effects pf chlorpyrifos exposure alone and in conjunction with circadian disruption.  Findings from this project will allow us to better understand how interactions between chemical exposure and daily light cycle disruption affect cognition.