Dr. Schott received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked under Dr. Franz Weber to characterize a novel brainstem mechanism responsible for generating rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep and regulating several of its cognitively important phasic features.

As a postdoctoral research fellow in the Farrell Lab, Amanda is interested in probing the basic hippocampal circuits underlying synchronous population events, such as sharp-wave ripples and dentate spikes, that play a critical role in learning and memory consolidation. She aims to understand the role of these mechanisms in normal cognition, and to determine how they may be hijacked to produce states of pathological hyperexcitability, such as epileptic seizures.

Outside the lab, Amanda is an excellent volleyball player, a mediocre juggler, and an absolutely terrible (but enthusiastic!) dancer.