Mason is a doctoral student in the FAU Neuroscience Graduate Program, training through the Tian and Blakely labs. His research is focused on the development and application of genetically encoded glutamate sensors. He is currently optimizing a glutamate sensor in the Tian lab. He plans to use the glutamate sensor in the Blakely lab to investigate how copper homeostasis affects glutamate dynamics between neurons and astrocytes, and how they are disrupted in the context of brain disease risk factors. Before joining FAU, Mason earned his bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Central Florida, followed by postbaccalaureate research at the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute.