Sofia Gurgel

Undergraduate Mentor

Hi everyone! I’m majoring in neuroscience with minors in chemistry and creative writing, and I love to talk about research! Currently, I’m doing research in a neuroscience lab, where we combine electrophysiological recordings of neurons with behavioral and neuroanatomical techniques to study central dopaminergic systems. I have also done summer research abroad, focusing on molecular biology in a tropical medicine lab in Brazil, and over the last summer, I assisted in implantable cardiac devices research among a team of Harvard University physicians. Besides, I was a student in the First Approaches to Research class during my first semester at Pitt. Please reach out if you have interest in any of these topics, in pursuing research in the natural sciences, or even if you want to talk about a class, a research idea, or a program you are applying for!