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Longmont, CO, US

San Francisco (Colorado - Remote)

San Francisco (Colorado - Remote)

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, CO

ArcherDX was acquired by Invitae.

Boulder, Colorado

I developed click nucleic acids (CNA) oligonucleotides to detect tandem repeat DNA and RNA sequences and used circular dichroism, microscale thermophoresis, and gel electrophoresis to demonstrate CNA-DNA and CNA-RNA binding affinity and single base pair mismatch discrimination.In another project, I worked to develop novel polymeric materials to stabilize.

Austin, Texas

My thesis focused on the use of functional polymers, specifically nanoscale hydrogels, to develop in vitro diagnostic assays. Through this research, I developed a localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) biosensor to detect biomarkers of dry-eye and Sjögren’s syndrome in human tears and saliva.

Onderstepoort, South Africa

As a visiting fellow, I worked with a multidisciplinary team of immunochemists and virologists on developing an ELISA for African horse sickness virus using imprinted polymers in place of capture antibodies.

My undergraduate research project in the Herrera-Alonso laboratory focused on synthesizing and characterizing amphiphilic polymers and conjugated polymer nanoparticles for targeted biomedical imaging.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

As a visiting researcher in the Maerkl laboratory, I learned how to fabricate microfluidic devices using multi-layer soft lithography and employed mechanically induced trapping of molecular interactions strategy to immobilize biotinylated oligonucleotides and integrate on-chip gene assembly with amplification.

Ames, Iowas

NSF Biological Materials and Processes REU, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)