Briana grew up in New Jersey and graduated from MIT in 2020 with a B.S. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a minor in Computer Science. As an undergraduate, she conducted research in the labs of Professors Ann Graybiel, Drew Robson and Jennifer Li, Priya Rajasethupathy, and Robert Desimone. She is currently a PhD student in the Neurobiology and Behavior program at Columbia University, where she has rotated with Professors Rachel Marsh, Yueqing Peng, and Yaakov Stern. Currently, Briana is a Graduate Student in the Marlin lab, and collaborates with Professor Itamar Kahn to establish methods to study maternal behaviors with fMRI, specifically asking how brain-wide neural responses to pup calls change with motherhood experience.

Outside the lab, she enjoys dancing, doodling, and exploring NYC with friends.