Natalie grew up in Australia, where she completed her B.Sc (Psychology) with 1st Class Honours at the University of New South Wales. After graduation, she moved to Yale University for her PhD and has been on this side of the world ever since. Natalie conducted her dissertation research under the tutelage of Jane R. Taylor, PhD on mechanisms of memory reconsolidation. She subsequently worked as a post-doc with Jelena Radulovic, MD, PhD at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, examining the signaling mechanisms and stress-enhancement of context fear conditioning. When it’s not too cold, she’s often outdoors, running, biking, or swimming.