Rome Mardiev is a post-baccalaureate researcher in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Originally from Samarkand, Uzbekistan, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.S. in Neuroscience with Distinction and a B.A. in Chemistry with Honors. At UNC, he spent nearly three years in the You Lab synthesizing conjugated polymers for organic semiconductors. He also studied liver regeneration as a summer research fellow in the Bhushan Lab at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, where he trained in molecular biology methods. His research interests include the neural mechanisms of decision making and memory, and he plans to pursue graduate studies in this area.