Zachary Oakland

Position Title
Graduate Student

  • Psychology Graduate Group
  • Major Professor: Brian Trainor
Bio

Research Description

I work in the Trainor lab, where I study how prepubertal androgens shape sex differences in neural circuit plasticity and behavioral responses to social stress. My current work combines fiber photometry and optogenetics to examine how early hormonal exposure affects the function and reactivity of stress sensitive neural circuits in the brain following puberty.

Education and Degree(s)
  • BA, Cal State University, Sacramento (2023)
Honors and Awards
  • NIH T32 Learning, Memory, and Plasticity Fellowship, 2025-26