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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

As a research associate in the Blainey Lab, I optimize the world's leading optical pooled screening platform. I build automated fluid handling systems, test alternative chemistries, and design downstream imaging analysis pipelines to create faster, more user-friendly, high-throughput genetic screening tools. My role requires writing rigorously validated, high-quality documentation and training other personnel to utilize developed systems.

Emeryville, California, United States

Designed and conducted experiments to characterize and validate novel biochemical workflows on a custom-build microfluidic chip. Met weekly with supervisors, designed and conducted novel experiments, and documented novel protocols. Presented results to team of 100+ in final symposium.

San Francisco, California, United States

What if broken bones could heal faster? That's the promise of Nexocura's innovative therapeutic, which utilizes a delayed release microcarrier platform and a proprietary biologic to encourage natural fracture repair pathways. At Nexocura, I constructed protocols to scale up from laboratory to clinical-grade GMP manufacture. I created product specifications, designed standard operating procedures for protein and nanoparticle carrier synthesis, built partnerships with contract manufacturing organizations, and navigated operational concerns like shipping and sterilization. As project manager for an interdisciplinary intern team, I kept group members on target, created and reached group deliverables, and organized presentations synthesizing group progress.

San Francisco, California, United States

Every academic struggles through papers with confusing descriptions, incomplete methods, poorly constructed figures, and nonintuitive diagrams. Could there be a better way? I worked with the Douglas Lab on a project reimagining the written standard of scientific communication. I assembled a comprehensive compilation of literature related to the biology and applications of filamentous phage viruses. We will curate literature data into a single interactive, interlinked and visually compelling “review database”.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

I built and grew a freelance business as a grant and essay writing tutor for college students across the US and UK. I assisted students to structure and write successful essays, master's theses, and college applications in schools including New York University, King's College London, and Cambridge University. I also reviewed and advised successful student research grants in Colorado through the highly competitive Keller Family Grant Foundation. My grant-writing clients received in total over $10,000 in small grant funds and I advised on over 500 college essays!

Berkeley, California, United States

When Covid hit, I deferred my acceptance from the Master's of Translational Medicine program and went back to the drawing board. I had an unexpected gap year; how could I use it? Drawing on my long history of self-directed learning, I designed and completed an ongoing open-source curriculum in correspondence with UC Berkeley courses to learn computer science and data analytics. I enjoyed completing the infamous UC Berkeley course cs61a: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs and its sequel, cs61b: Data Structures. Using a set of job interviews with a data science company as a scaffold, I then worked my way through the basics of data science, data visualization, database management, API access, web programming, and program performance optimization. I am now experienced in Python-based computing and data science, and am familiar with R, SQL, and HTML/CSS. I am always expanding my skillset. Next steps? Computer vision with PyTorch, and app development with Flutter!

Detroit, Oregon, United States

I worked on an engine crew to put out wildfires in Oregon and Arizona. Wildland firefighting is a rapidly adapting and high-stress work environment, with work shifts on the line lasting up to 16hrs/day for multiple weeks. My workplace success depended critically on following direct orders and working efficiently in small teams.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

I was honored to receive an REU scholarship to study the workings of the human brain in the Meyer B Jackson Laboratory at UW-Madison. While in my scholarship period, I went above and beyond to independently design, conduct, analyze and present original graduate-level research. My research project compared spatial and temporal spread of interneuronal activity across dorsal and ventral entorhinal cortex to test computational models of mammalian neural representation of spatial information. I used electrophysiological techniques to record real-time activity and connectivity of inhibitory cortical neurons. In the process, I gained familiarity with Cre-lox genetic engineering systems, microscopy and electrophysiology techniques, tissue slicers, micropipette construction, and artificial cerebrospinal fluid preparation.

Master'S Degree, Translational Medicine

Master'S Degree, Translational Medicine

'22 Master's in Translational Medicine (MTM)

Bachelor'S Degree, Neuroscience