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Ashley joined the UC San Diego neurobiology faculty as a teaching professor in 2018. After receiving her PhD in Neuroscience from UCSD, she worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow. Ashley was trained in visual and systems neuroscience but is now focused on developing best practices for training a diverse generation of scientists. Ashley teaches neurobiology and programming courses, co-directs STARTneuro, and serves as the neurobiology major advisor.

Austin Zuckerman is a graduate student in the joint Mathematics and Science Education Doctoral (MSED) program at UC San Diego and San Diego State University. He previously graduated with his B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and M.S. in Biology. His dissertation focuses on understanding persistence and computational experiences in biology from the undergraduate classroom to postgraduate and professional experiences. He has also worked on projects focusing on psychometrics, program evaluation, undergraduate experiences in research, faculty teaching, and student outcomes.