I graduated as a Physicist at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the end of 1997, being awarded a Master-similar degree (Licenciatura). My thesis research focused on the analysis of EEG signals from a nonlinear dynamics approach. This early work introduced me to the physics of nonlinear systems and its possible applications to the study of biological phenomena. Currently, I am at the end of my second year in the Neuroscience Ph.D Program at Rutgers University. I am involved in a project examining cognitive impairments (learning and memory) in patients with Huntington (HD) and Parkinson's (PD) disease in Dr. Mark Gluck's lab. Our aim is to understand the role of basal ganglia in learning and memory by comparing and contrasting data from HD and PD population as well as with controls. One important goal is to develop a computational model of the basal ganglia functioning integrating behavioral, cellular, and fMRI data.