Alumni Speaker Series Virtual Q&A featuring Olivia Rose '18
Amy Haggard, Assistant Director of Alumni and Student Engagement
Friends of HSF Alumni Speaker Series Virtual Q&A featuring Olivia Rose '18
Topic: Careers in STEM, navigating STEM as a female, and ways to maximize your undergraduate research.
Student Moderator: Jessica Dixon
To submit a question for Olivia, please do so here: https://bit.ly/OliviaQA
Registration: https://fsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwscu2tpj0vHNfD-2v-jvUqE47DPNRjWNMo
Olivia is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at the Washington University School of Medicine. During her freshman year at FSU, Olivia participated in UROP as her first introduction to research; five years later, she is a doctoral student in a neuroscience program currently ranked #9 globally. FSU's commitment to undergraduate research is the reason Olivia is where she is today, particularly due to the support and mentorship provided through UROP and the CRE. Olivia received her B.S. in Psychology from FSU in 2018, and currently conducts computational neuroscience research in the lab of Dr. Carlos Ponce at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research integrates classic electrophysiology with cutting-edge machine learning and computational modeling to understand how the primate cortex encodes and transforms visual information. Like in many STEM fields, computational neuroscience reflects stark gender, racial, and socioeconomic disparities; she's no stranger to being the only female audience member in a seminar. Consequently, Olivia is passionate about mentoring undergraduates, particularly those from underrepresented groups, who are interested in careers in STEM.