https://www.tararaam.com/publications daily 0.75 2026-03-18 https://www.tararaam.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-02 https://www.tararaam.com/about daily 0.75 2026-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0fdde5da33b049f5ec247b/1620084273692-M63KNUWFRNPNNHP67OB3/headshot.JPG About A California native, I studied Neuroscience as an undergraduate at UC San Diego, where I worked on learning and memory and synaptic morphology in the lab of Anirvan Ghosh. I then purchased my first pair of winter boots in pursuit of a PhD in Neurobiology at Harvard, under the mentorship of Amar Sahay. My dissertation examined how oxytocin, an evolutionarily conserved neuromodulator, enables social memory by engaging hippocampal circuits. In 2025, I completed my postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA, where I was a K99/R00 fellow in the lab of Weizhe Hong at UCLA. My work, published in Nature Neuroscience, used in vivo cellular resolution calcium imaging, machine learning, computer vision, and circuit dissection tools to understand how multi-animal groups respond to environmental challenges together. In my spare time, I serve as a volunteer with the Ruhi Institute, a grassroots educational program that empowers young people to contribute to community building and social transformation. I have served as a program coordinator for the Ruhi Institute for over a decade. Outside of the science, you can find me running, hiking, finding good coffee, and spending time with my family. https://www.tararaam.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-07-16 https://www.tararaam.com/philosophy daily 0.75 2024-01-27