2024–present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rudebeck Lab
Advisor: Peter Rudebeck, D.Phil. Research: circuit mechanisms of reinforcement learning in macaques.
CV
A concise overview of my research, appointments, publications, and training. Download CV (PDF)
Current appointment
Education
2019–2024
PhD in Neuroscience
Advisor: Peter Rudebeck, D.Phil. Thesis: A comparative analysis of amygdala anatomy and physiology in mice, macaques, and man.
2015–2019
BS in Neuroscience and BA in Latin, summa cum laude
Research
2019–2024
Comparative anatomy of amygdala–frontal circuits
Used single-neuron projection mapping to characterize amygdala–frontal connectivity in macaques and mice, revealing species differences in branching projection patterns.
2019–2024
Hierarchy of intrinsic timescales across species
Analyzed neural activity across mice, macaques, and humans to study how intrinsic timescales vary across frontal and limbic regions.
2024–present
Circuit mechanisms of reinforcement learning in macaques
I study how amygdala–frontal circuits support credit assignment during reinforcement learning in macaques, combining behavioral tasks, electrophysiology, computational modeling, and pathway-specific manipulation.
Publications
2026
London L, Love M, Zeisler ZR, et al. Dataset of cortical and subcortical single neuron activity during value-based tasks in macaque monkey. Scientific Data 13, 989 (2026).
2025
2025
Zeisler ZR, Rudebeck PH. Evolutionary road to primate prefrontal cortex. In: The Evolution of Nervous Systems, 3rd ed., Vol. 3, 338–362. Elsevier (2025).
2024
2023
Recognition
2025
Cajal Club Krieg Cortical Scholar Award
Awarded in 2025 for contributions to research on cortical structure and function.
Presentations
November 2025Contributed talk
Society for Neuroscience Nanosymposium
Neural circuit mechanisms of bottom-up reward learning.
— San Diego, CA
September 2025Invited talk
New York Memory Hub Conference
The neural circuits and mechanisms of short-term memory during reward learning.
— New York, NY
March 2025Invited talk
Janelia Mechanistic Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop
Circuit mechanisms of bottom-up influences on reversal learning in macaques.
— Ashburn, VA
March 2025Poster
COSYNE
Neural circuit mechanisms of bottom-up reward learning.
— Montreal, QC
September 2024Poster
From Neuroscience to Artificially Intelligent Systems
Neural dynamics supporting affective reward learning.
— Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Teaching, mentoring, and outreach
2020–2023
Project SHORT — Director of Outreach
Led outreach, website redesign, and student mentorship for Project SHORT, a volunteer program supporting students applying to graduate or medical school.
2019–2023
MiNDS — Mentoring in Neuroscience Discovery at Sinai
Participated in Brain Awareness Week programming, neuroscience education, and STEM outreach in New York City.
2021 · 2022
Teaching Assistant, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience
Teaching assistant for a graduate course in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; developed course materials and mentored graduate students.