Cristina Maria Rios

cemaria@umich.edu
Person Type: 
Alumni
Admission Year:
2016
Graduation Year: 
2022
Current Position: 
Post Doc
Category: 
Academic
Location (State): 
Puerto Rico
Biography/Resume: 

B.S. in Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, 2016

 

Admission year: 2016

Advisor: Jonathan Morrow, Geoffrey Murphy

Current project: I am studying individual variations in learning behavior in response to reward-predicting cues. I am interested in the association and implications of these differential learning phenotypes, and their underlying neurobiological mechanisms, with vulnerability to addiction and PTSD.

Honors, grants & awards:

F99 Phase D-Span Scholar Award, 2020

NSF-GFRP Fellowship, 2017-2020
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Fellowship, 2014-2016
University of Puerto Rico Academic Excellence in Biology Award, 2017

Service & leadership:

Mentoring Youth and Early Leaders in Neuroscience (MYELIN)
University of Michigan BrainsRule!
University of Michigan Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans (SACNAS)
Association of Multicultural Scientists (AMS)
MiSci Writers Spanish Translation

Hobbies: Playing Ukulele, Hiking