VP of Networking
Marissa is a second-year PhD student in Neuroscience, advised by Dr. Hongjun Song. Her research interests include the interplay between glioblastoma and hippocampal circuitry dysfunction, leveraging multiomics platforms. Before enrolling at Penn, Marissa graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor’s in Neuroscience and a minor in Business Administration. Outside the lab, Marissa has interests in entrepreneurship, both within science and beyond, where she hopes to turn her hobby of “coffee shop hopping” into owning her own coffee shop.