I am a Biomedical Engineering PhD student at Duke university, studying normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) of human and porcine lungs as a platform for pre-transplant graft regeneration and drug delivery.I previously worked as an isolated organ perfusionist at Revalia Bio, using surgical techniques and conducting NMP of human livers, kidneys, and lungs ex vivo. Building a database of human physiology, I collected samples, tested lead curative drugs on human disease models, and developed software to support perfusion research. After two and a half years, I recently graduated from Clemson University with a biochemistry major, chemistry minor, departmental honors in bioengineering, and a 4.0/4.0 GPA. As an undergraduate, I've been a part of multiple research projects, such as uncovering the molecular function of proteins involved in homology-directed repair (HDR) and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery of the CRISPR-Cas9 system into hepatocytes to treat inherited metabolic disorders. Throughout my research, I've acquired skills in techniques like PCR, site-directed mutagenesis, gel electrophoresis, mRNA delivery, eukaryotic cell culture, flow cytometry, and gene editing. I have also gained experience in protocol development, research presentation, and technical writing through writing new procedures, presenting at symposiums, and authoring an undergraduate thesis.