Glen Wickersham Garcia

Glen is currently completing his B.S. in Biotechnology with a minor in Neuroscience at the University of the Sacred Heart and University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras. His undergraduate home institution research is focused on unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind nerve network regeneration for the intestine of H. glaberrima. He worked previously in the SURF program at UT Southwestern, investigating photoreceptor degenerative conditions in Mus musculus. For the summer of 2023, he will participate in the MIT MSRP program investigating working memory in C. elegans in the Synthetic Neurobiology group.