Background

Andrew is a doctoral student in the Integrative Neuroscience program, working with Daniel Margoliash. He earned a bachelor’s degree in music composition with a minor in philosophy. He then completed postbaccalaureate studies in biology, cognitive science, and systems science, while assisting in research on attention, emotional regulation, and neuroeconomics.

Research Interests

Andrew currently studies vocal communication, auditory perception, and mate choice in songbirds. Through a combination of behavioral and extracellular electrophysiological experiments, he aims to understand how female zebra finches evaluate male courtship songs, and how developmental and social factors shape individual preferences. Andrew also leads a project to compile all known mesoscale connectivity in the songbird brain, create an interactive digital resource for this connectome, and analyze its structural organization using graph theory.