• Taught 45 undergraduate students to develop proper lab techniques, form scientific arguments, and critically think about organic synthesis.• Rated a 4.9/5 average in teaching reviews by students.

• Synthesized polymer systems to enhance solubility and bioavailability of six crystalline active pharmaceutical ingredients.• Generated amorphous solid dispersions through coprecipitation and solvent mediated melt loading, and analyzed them via powder X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, gel permeation chromatography, and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.• Collaborated with Merck, a major industrial pharmaceutical company, to use amorphous solid dispersions to improve oral drug delivery and processing.• Participated in the summer undergraduate research program (SURP) fellowship and awarded a stipend for completion of a ten week project.

• Tested a nanoemulsion adjuvant on its ability to induce dendritic cell response to mucosal pathogens and produce immunity in an intranasal vaccination.• Investigated the effects of the nanoemulsion on dendritic cell response through quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, and flow cytometry.