Student Researcher
CurrentResearching under Dr. Kasia Dinkeloo in Bioprospecting 2.0● Received a research fellowship stipend for 8 weeks of summer research to isolate and identify plastic-degrading microbes● Isolated single microbial species from 12 plastic-degrading consortiums● Performed DNA extraction and analysis by PCR and gel electrophoresis resulting in the identification of a genus for 3 isolates with Sanger Sequencing● Maintained a logical and up-to-date lab notebook resulting in a clear description of my results