Sophia Harimoto

Student Assistant

Sophia Harimoto is a 4th-year undergraduate student at UC Davis majoring in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (NPB). She joined the team in 2022 as a volunteer and now works as a student assistant. She is currently pursuing an honors thesis project investigating whether there are sex differences in the association between socioeconomic status and brain structure in individuals with autism. In the future, she hopes to attend a doctoral program in neuroscience and pursue a career in research to better understand the neurobiological mechanisms that motivate human behavior and related disorders.