Carlos Escalante Vera is a Fulbright Scholar and a Ph.D. student of the Neurosciences Graduate Program in UC San Diego. Upon being awarded the Chevening Scholarship in 2018, Carlos began his career in neuroscience doing a Master's Degree in University College London, focusing on the anxiolytic action of antidepressant medications. He is currently investigating the computational principles that guide neuronal architecture under the supervision of Dr. Gabriel Silva.