![dillon mcgovern](https://www.colorado.edu/behavioral-neuroscience/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/people/mcgovern.jpg?itok=F0s-RQjl)
Graduate Student
Psychology and Neuroscience
Education:
BS, Villanova University, 2018, Cognitive Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychology
MA, Uiversity of Colorado Boulder, 2020
Research Interests: I am interested in characterizing neurochemical signaling of motivated and drug behaviors, using viral based approaches. This extends to optical/ electrophysiological recordings/ manipulations of distinct cell populations in the Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) and Lateral Habenula (LHb).