Dr. Yasmin Escobedo Lozoya

Following her philosophical curiosities into the realm of neuroscience, Dr. Yazmin Escobedo Lozoya has dedicated her career to answering questions like “how do we learn”? Yazmin first started her PhD at Duke University, which was a total culture shock after her childhood in Mexico. The shock of the productivity-based priorities of the academic community at Duke was too much for her and she left the program. However, Yazmin eventually came back to research through a technician position in a lab that prioritized a collaborative, integrative approach to science. Afterwards she completed her PhD at Brandeis University, where she studied neuroplasticity in development. Now, as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University, Yazmin continues to study plasticity, specifically how a specific type of cells can modulate connectivity in neuronal networks using serotonin. She hopes to someday start her own lab where she can study these kinds of questions in an environment that she will cultivate to be scientifically rigorous, welcoming, and most of all, fun!