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Alycia Mosley is a Ph.D. candidate in the Neurosciences Graduate Program. She currently works under the direction of Dr. Jerold Chun at the Scripps Research Institute, where her research focuses on how the gain and/or loss of chromosomes, known as aneuploidy, impacts the early development of the normal mammalian brain. Prior to beginning her doctoral studies at UCSD, she received her ScB in Neuroscience from Brown University, and worked as a Research Technician studying muscular dystrophy in the Division of Genetics at Children's Hospital Boston. During her time at UCSD, Alycia has demonstrated a strong commitment to service and scientific outreach. She served as Graduate Student Representative to the Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, and to the Neurosciences Graduate Program Diversity Recruitment Committee. Alycia is a former President of Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GradWiSE), and was a Graduate Advocate for the Summer Training Academy for Research in the Sciences (STARS) Program. She has also taken advantage of opportunities to bring science to the local community by volunteering with the UCSD Neuroscience Outreach Program and Salk Mobile Science Lab. After completing her doctoral degree, Alycia will become the Coordinator, Graduate Student Recruitment at the University of Rhode Island. In this role she will continue to plan and implement initiatives devoted to increasing the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduate students who are members of groups currently underrepresented in higher education.
