Dr. Amanda Chicoli is a lecturer in the Psychology Department. She is also the research coordinator for the neuroscience major, a faculty advisor for the minor in neuroscience, and the course director for NEUR305: Neural Systems and Circuits. Previously, she earned her Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science from the University of Maryland where she used behavioral and computational approaches to study collective behavior and decision making in groups of fish. Upon graduation, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institution for Science where she used molecular, genetic, and whole-brain imaging to investigate the connectivity and function of the zebrafish dorsal habenulae. She is passionate about science education and is thrilled to be back at the University of Maryland!