ABOUT ME

Olivia Goldman is a Schmidt Science post-doctoral fellow in the SENse Lab at University of California, Berkeley / HHMI, advised by Dr. Diana Bautista. She studies neuroimmune interactions that occur during virus-evoked headache. She completed her PhD at The Rockefeller University, advised by Dr. Leslie Vosshall, on chemosensation in mosquitoes, the deadliest animal to humans.  She is co-founder of Cientifico Latino, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization supporting underrepresented groups in STEM. She earned her Bachelor's from Barnard College of Columbia University. During her graduate work, she was a fellow of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship program, and the Kavli Neuro Systems Institute. She's new to the west coast, after 13 years living in New York City, and is originally from New Jersey. She is passionate about science communication and making science accessible to anyone curious.