• Worked in a transnational team to support DoD labs in developing policy to enable recruitment and retention of STEM talent• Provided analyses for, drafted, and edited three reports: a summative analysis of quantitative and qualitative evaluation efforts from fiscal years 2014-2019 for the Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs); a report on research fellowships and postdoctoral positions at DoD; and a report on the use of a sabbatical authority at DoD labs• Developed three briefings in response to Congressional committee requests on: DoD scientist and engineer workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; foreign nationals in DoD labs; and specifically, the chemical and biological research workforce at DoD• Worked to assemble action memos and approval packages, and served as action officer for all memoranda, Federal Register notices, briefings, reports, and issuances related to the portfolio• Worked in a team to develop an evaluation plan for the Laboratory Demonstration Project system, including new metrics and objectives, a survey, and an annual data call• Responded to urgent, quick-turnaround tasks, including data calls for personnel demographics data and policy questions about DoD labs• Developed an agency-internal community and wiki infrastructure to serve as a centralized document repository and knowledge base for human resource professionals at DoD labs• Assisted in organization of and drafting agenda, slides, and minutes for quarterly meetings of the Laboratory Quality Enhancement Program for Personnel• Led DEI task forces for the Department’s scientist and engineer workforce in developing and implementing a strategic plan• Assisted in the development of a data collection tool for evaluating the efficacy and use of workforce flexibilities conferred to the STRLs• Assisted in developing new workflow management tools for the portfolio and updating the DoD Instruction 3201.05

• Supported the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) office in quantitative and qualitative evaluation efforts spanning the Defense STEM Consortium and all of DoD• Developed Congressional reports: one annual report on unfunded requirements for military construction for DoD laboratories and one report in response to section 229 of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act concerning DoD scientist and engineering workforce demographics; existing and planned diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI) within the laboratories and across DoD; and the development of a strategic plan to improve DEI• Reviewed more than 60 grant proposal applications for the National Defense Education Program, which awarded $3 million to each of the 10 recipients• Reviewed and prepared outgoing briefings, responses to time-sensitive taskings, and reports and presentations across the STEM education, personnel, and infrastructure portfolios to reduce coordination time and ensure proper alignment with office, department, and federal strategy• Developed a biennial 2019 scientist and engineer demographics report that provides leadership and laboratory stakeholders with data analyses and assisted in drafting the "DoD STEM Education and Outreach Portfolio Overview: Descriptive Analysis for Fiscal Year 2017–2018" report and the DoD STEM Strategic Plan FY2021-2025• Served as a task lead for an interagency working group to develop a guidance document for adopting transdisciplinary learning methods through developing definitions, roundtable discussions, analyses of Federal initiatives, and literature review• Assisted in the drafting of following: "Best Practices for Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Education and Research: A Guide by and for Federal Agencies" and "Convergence Education: A Guide to Transdisciplinary STEM Learning and Teaching;" produced a secondary qualitative analysis of Federal STEM education programs involving computational literacy

• Drafted, data-validated, and copy-edited various educational, strategic, and communications documents for four major and startup pharmaceutical client accounts across five therapeutic areas to advance Food and Drug Administration approvals for initial or new indications and increase medical and patient community awareness• These documents included: slide deck presentations, review article manuscripts, conference reports, posters, abstracts, and scientific platforms• Generated materials that helped advance Food and Drug Administration approvals for initial or new indications and increase medical and patient community awareness of therapeutic areas including sickle cell disease, lymphoma, neurological movement disorders, and thrombosis• Worked in teams to coordinate timely delivery and generation of products that met or exceeded client expectations• Performed critical data checks to verify scientific accuracy of result interpretation and numerical alignment in data across portfolios to ensure client protection and adherence to laws and regulations• Conducted literature searches to provide citations for reviews and articles and to verify primary sources.

• Independently managed a project and designed experiments to understand the trafficking of inflammatory monocytes in mouse techniques novel to the lab that resulted in two posters accepted at two major symposia and culminated in a thesis dissertation• Identified risks in experiments and developed protocols to mitigate likelihood of failure or inconclusive results• Presented and communicated results clearly to expert, non-expert scientist, and non-scientist audiences at meetings, departmental seminars, conferences, and during outreach. • Contributed to other projects in the lab that resulted in two publications in top tier journals• Conducted literature searches to inform research and stay abreast of new publications• Served as a committee member and chair on several departmental committees, planning and organizing events and developing curricula, optimizing budgeting and scheduling to decrease costs, and soliciting evaluation feedback to improve performance• These roles included: Graduate Student Executive Council Program Representative, Departmental Retreat Committee Member and Chair, Curriculum Reform Committee Chair, Departmental Student Journal Club Organizer, and Capoeira Club President

• Established a lasting framework for a student and postdoc-led organization in science policy and advocacy aimed at engaging the local scientific community spanning Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as well as the greater New York City research hub• Organized career panels, guest speakers, and workshops that promoted bench scientist awareness of policies affecting both their research and communities• Collaborated with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Science Debate, Research America!, and The Young Turks network to host a panel featuring experts across various science policy topics leading up to the 2016 general election

• Assisted faculty in instructing and administering a scientific writing class geared toward scientists and clinicians to give them hands-on experience in writing better National Institutes of Health-style grants, scientific papers, and op-ed articles and to facilitate understanding of the review processes through mock review sessions• Developed and presented mini lecture series on grammar and style refreshers

Investigated the regulation of cytoplasmic, self-assembling enzymatic super structures in the purine de novo biosynthesis pathway of S. cerevisiae.

Generated 3D models as well as other visualizations, dealt with various types of hardware construction, presented the data visualizations, and helped with any other Visualization Center-related logistics.