Celia went to Vassar College where she earned a B.A. in Neuroscience. There she studied the importance of tau-like proteins in microtubule morphology in the nematode C. elegans. In the Lukens lab, she established the ‘Hit and Run’ traumatic brain injury model to study innate signaling pathways and neuroinflammation in CNS injury. Outside of the lab, she enjoys playing video games, gardening, and listening to Sisqo. Celia is now working towards a Ph.D. in the Neuroscience Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.