Jennifer Lai

Bio

Jennifer is a Ph.D. student in the MCDB department at UCSB. She was a student researcher and worked on microbial pathogenesis before she came to UCSB. The lab rotation during her first year of Ph.D. study was the turning point that brought her to the world of Neuroscience. Jennifer is now studying the neural circuits and behavior of tethered flying fruit flies in response to visual stimulation.

• B.Sc, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2013)
• M.Phil., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2016)
• M.P.H., Yale University, New Haven, CT (2019)