Alice Nam is a mentor in the 2024 SURFiN program. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Kate Hong’s lab at Carnegie Mellon University. Nam holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Brandeis University. Her research focuses on investigating cortical and subcortical mechanisms of tactile detection in mice. Nam is the recipient of the NINDS T32 “Big Data Systems Neuroscience” Award, 2022-2024.

Principal Investigator: Kate Hong