Developed a Nextflow pipeline for analyzing demultiplexed P. falciparum samples to detect 270 biomarkers, providing QC coverage statistics, sequence denoising, and off-target filtering.• Implemented a custom Cutadapt recipe to remove adapter dimers and demultiplex samples by amplicon, generating tabular coverage files for sequencing depth statistics.• Calibrated abundance thresholds, adjusted pooling settings, and resolved false positives in DADA2, enhancing sensitivity with detection limits as low as 100 parasites/µL.• Established an alignment score threshold to filter out off-target amplifications, ensuring accurate detection of key P. falciparum strains.• Re-implemented a custom R module in Python3 to detect known drug-resistance mutations and summarize locus-level changes.Rapidly finalized and enhanced a previously incomplete R Shiny application to meet an urgent project deadline, significantly improving the user interface and experience.• Engineered a robust validation framework to streamline sample data entry, providing comprehensive feedback for plate organization and metadata.• Containerized the platform to ensure dependable installation and maintenance, facilitating expansion to three additional labs.

• Diagnosed performance problems of flow cytometers by isolating bottlenecks marked by extended operation duration.• Investigated data integrity issues by analyzing contamination across plate wells using dual parameter plots.• Maintained legacy code of an MFC C++ Windows Application and introduced new features.

• Implemented inpatient and emergency department nursing (non-physician) software applications at hospitals.• Led trainings to cover software functionality and initiate workflow discussions with hospital employees (RN’s, RT’s, OT’s, Dietitians, etc.) and IT consultants. Optimized hospital’s nursing workflows to utilize the software efficiently.• Built Rules to streamline nursing documentation, identified causes of software bugs through testing, and communicated issues with programmers.• Tracked the progress of the nursing portion of the project, and communicated project status with the Hospital’s implementation team and MEDITECH project manager.

• Gained experience utilizing PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, UV Spectrophotometry, tested and made software recommendations for data analysis, gathered and cleaned data to be used with the software• Presented findings at Colby Undergraduate Summer Research Retreat (CUSRR), reported summer work to the National Science Foundation

Monitored camper activities and attendance, coordinated and managed counselors during group assignments