I am the Todd-Bird Junior Research Fellow in Biochemistry. Prior to joining New College in 2025, I did my DPhil in the Interdisciplinary Biosciences DTP at Oxford. My undergraduate degree is in biomedical sciences, a course on which I currently teach.

Research Interests

I am interested in understanding how biological circuits store information. My research leverages the relatively simple brain of the fruit fly to try and understand how a tractable neural circuit processes memory. I am based in Scott Waddell's lab in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics. My current research has two primary directions. The first broadly addresses the role of adrenergic neurotransmission in memory processing in the fly. The second looks at what changes in gene expression are responsible for memory consolidation. 

Selected Publications

• Kapoor, I. & Waddell, S. A modulatory attentional gate promotes recent memory expression in Drosophila. Preprint at https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.20.629828 (2024).
• Jovanoski, K. D. et al. Dopaminergic systems create reward seeking despite adverse consequences. Nature 623, 356–365 (2023).
• Otto, N. et al. Input Connectivity Reveals Additional Heterogeneity of Dopaminergic Reinforcement in Drosophila. Current Biology 30, 3200-3211.e8 (2020).
• Shelton, A. M. et al. Single neurons and networks in the mouse claustrum integrate input from widespread cortical sources. Elife 13, (2025).