"My expertise in neuroscience and case method programs of interdisciplinary teaching and learning is quite extensive, leading teams of students and faculties in case collaborations with peer schools nationally and in 7 foreign countries. I have a BS magna cum laude in biological sciences and MS PhD in neuroscience. As an NIH principal investigator I am the founding director of the laboratory for cellular and molecular neuroscience at Harvard while leading a path to innovation in teaching and learning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

I excel in a tutorial collaborative environment, building partnerships of practice with my students through communication, cooperation, and feedback. Most notably, I developed the interactive case-based online network, ICON that empowers any learner to virtually immerse themselves into any case setting to interact in a real time decision-making, problem-solving situation. I modeled this learning method on the Hopfield neural net and the neural basis of executive functioning skills.

My work is published in scientific journals and 100+ case studies, describing cognitive competencies that help students plan, organize, focus, and manage a new preparedness and confidence in understanding important principles and concepts in their learning. My goal is for students to begin a path to academic success and transformative lifelong outcomes in ways I have seen my students never forget." less...