Background 

Shawn Lam is a doctoral student in Integrative Neuroscience working with Sarah E. London. Shawn received a B.S in Psychology from Knox College, Illinois in 2023 under the mentorship of Heather Hoffmann and Sara O’Brien. Following graduation, Shawn worked under Stephanie Groman and subsequently Katherine McMurray, primarily investigating the neurobiology of addictive-like behaviors in rodents. 

Research Interests

Shawn is interested in how maturational processes of the brain and experience(s) concertedly impact learning (i.e., critical and/or sensitive periods), specifically in the context of sensory and sensorimotor learning.