Sabrina is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Davis, who investigates the neural and molecular mechanisms that underlie pair bonding across species. Her research integrates behavioral neuroscience, epigenetics, and comparative biology to uncover evolutionarily conserved processes that support social attachment. She has studied the elusive bonding behaviors of seahorses alongside the well-established prairie vole model, combining behavioral assays with transcriptomic analyses to identify shared gene expression signatures across taxa. As a McEwen Fellow, she will expand this work by examining how social bonding experiences influence the expression of genes related to neuronal primary cilia which are specialized signaling organelles implicated in brain plasticity, stress regulation, and cognitive aging.