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Boston, MA, US

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Tarrytown, New York, United States

Rochester, New York, United States

My undergraduate research experience in Dr. Whasil Lee's lab focused on generating programs in MATLAB that performed point-based alignment, quantified dead cell area, counted chondrocytes, and outputted analyzed figures and graphs for confocal microscopy image data generated by the lab.

Rochester, New York, United States

My undergraduate research experience in Dr. James McGrath's lab allowed me to test the microfluidics properties of micro- and nano-porous membrane devices to support the membrane's effectiveness as a diagnostic tool. Additionally, I generated computational models to visualize the membrane structure and analyze S. Aureus growth patterns. Furthermore, I.

Rochester, New York, United States

My time as a teaching assistant (TA) included BME201 (Biomechanics), BME210 (Biosystems & Circuits), BME230 (Signals, Systems, & Imaging), MKT203 (Principles of Marketing), BME221 (Biomedical Computation & Statistics). Throughout these TA experiences, I hosted weekly office hours for problem set and exam assistance, graded problem sets, and facilitated.

Tarrytown, New York, United States

My internship in Regeneron's Velocigene Department allowed me to develop my stem cell culture experience as I optimized protocols for directed differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells into mesenchymal stem cells which were subsequently differentiated into chondrogenic, osteogenic, and adipogenic cell lines for disease modeling.

Rochester, New York, United States

My undergraduate research experience in Dr. Paul Dunman's lab provided me exposure to microbiology research where I performed and designed different minimum and fractional inhibitory concentration testing of different antibiotics including mupirocin and neomycin on S. aureus.

Tarrytown, New York, United States

My internship in Regeneron's RPM department focused on general research support and reagent tracking where I learned about the antibody drug discovery and development process at Regeneron from immunization and the VelociSuite technologies to purification and assay development.

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

My Sling Health COVID-19 Bootcamp experience allowed me to collaborate with undergraduate, master's, and medical students to design and provisionally patent (Patent App. Number: 63/037,928) a novel oxygen mask for use in hospitals during the extubation procedure of infectious patients. Following the Bootcamp, I performed researched into 3D-printing.

Rochester, New York Area

My undergraduate research experience in Dr. Mark Buckley's lab allowed me to investigate the effect of various phacoemulsification devices on corneal endothelial cell death. During this process, I aided in updating and obtaining accreditation for the phacoemulsification procedure protocol.

Cuba, Missouri, United States

My internship at Lange Innovations focused on investigating the costs, degree of compatibility, and biochemical viability of plastics, polymers, fibers, and hydrogels for use in designing the medication retention layer of a specialized condom intended for patients with erectile dysfunction.

Great Neck, New York

My part-time work experience at the Marie Blachère Bakery & Café Long Island location allowed me to gain experience in servicing customers as a counter attendant, barista, cashier, and cleaner in an assembly-line-based system. Additionally, I was able to streamlined phone ordering process, participated in enhancing product and stock reporting processes.

Ithaca, New York Area

My summer research experience in Dr. Cedric Feschotte's lab exposed me to biotechnological research on the domestication of a foreign retrotransposon as the protein-coding Arc gene in the zebrafish genome using genome sequence analysis, phylogenetic tree diagrams, and protein folding analysis. Additionally, I worked on side projects to analyze.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Bioengineering And Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: T32 Translational Research in Biomaterials (TRB)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical/Medical Engineering, 3.96

Activities and Societies: Residential Advisor (RA) for University of Rochester (2022-2023); Business Manager for NY Kappa Tau Beta Pi.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Science Research; Secretary of Student Organization; Co-President of Tri-M Music Honors Society; Co-President of.