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Heeun Jang received her B.S. in biology from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. During her Ph.D at The Rockefeller University, she studied with Dr. Cori Bargmann to dissect a neural circuit for social behavior in C. elegans. She demonstrated circuit modulation by neuronal state and sexual dimorphism to elicit a range of behavioral responses to social and environmental stimuli. After finishing her degree, Heeun extended her studies in Dr. Bargmann’s lab/HHMI by developing a powerful genetic tool based on stomatin-like proteins to interrogate electrical coupling between neurons, and used this tool to elucidate gap junction-based neural circuits for social behavior in C. elegans. In the Garrison lab, Heeun studies how the neural circuits change in the brain of aging mice.