#  Trent Pottala 

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**Thesis advisor:** Susan Dymecki  
  
**Rotation labs:** Lauren Orefice, Meenakshi Rao, Susan Dymecki  
  
**For me, home is:** Boston, MA (honorable mention Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

**Undergraduate degree(s):** BS Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University

**Research experience before PiN:** rodent neuroimaging (Ferris Lab @ NEU), systems and behavior (Andermann &amp; Sabatini labs @ HMS)

**Current research interests:** circuits, behavior, psychiatric illness – brain-body things, interoception, social behavior, etc.

**Interests outside lab:** cooking, baking and cocktailing; photography; outdoor escapes; collecting plants; annoying my friends



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Entry year
    
     [2023-2024](/entry-year/2023-2024)
- ## People
    
     [Student](/people/student)