#  Maria Fernanda Martignago Cassol 

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**Thesis advisor:** Bence Olveczky

**Rotation advisors:** Bence Olveczky, Catherine Dulac, Michael Do

**For me, home is:** Florianopolis, Brazil

**Prior degree(s):** B.S in Physiological Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

**Research experience before PiN:** Undergraduate and research assistant in Dr. Stephanie Correa’s Lab at UCLA exploring a sexually dimorphic neuronal population in the hypothalamus involved in thermoregulation

**Current research interests:** Sex differences, neuroendocrinology, behavioral neuroscience, motivational states, systems neuroscience

**Interests outside lab:** Painting/printmaking, ceramics, climbing



 

 

 





 

 

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