Research and clinical work spanning neural stem cells, mechanobiology, electrophysiology, restorative neurotechnology, mitochondrial-disease models, and clinical neurology.
Training in neural stem cells, Cas9 gene editing, cell culture, brain organogenesis, Piezo1 mechanobiology, immunostaining, and FIJI analysis. Performed patch-clamp analysis across 100+ files and authored two laboratory protocols adopted for continuing use.
Junior research work in restorative neurotechnology; acknowledged in Optogenetic Spinal Stimulation Promotes New Axonal Growth.
Read the Journal of Neuroscience acknowledgementExperimental work with genetic mitochondrial-disease models using C. elegans, including microscopy and laboratory protocols.
Clinical observation of diagnostic evaluation, treatment decisions, neurological care, and patient-provider relationships.
Laboratory and clinical experience shaped Ria’s interest in neuroethics. At eighteen, she was invited through the U.S. Department of State to contribute to UNESCO’s consultation on the ethics of neurotechnology.
UNESCO neurotechnology ethics