My role at Collage has involved various responsibilities including creating scientific memos and presentations, running scientific diligence on assets, performing competitive analyses and creating commercial landscapes. I've also been involved in evaluating new investment opportunities in early-stage biotechs including meeting with and building relationships with early-stage biotech founders.

Thesis project: Investigating female-specific risk factors of Alzheimer's diseaseLab skills: long-term in vivo studies, rodent behavior, cell culture, molecular analysis of RNA and proteinAwards: National Institutes of Health F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award (F31AG076319), Neuroscience Research Distinction Award, Lois Pope LIFE Fellowship Award, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Young Investigator ScholarshipGrants: NIH/NIA R01 (1R01AG079373-01), Florida Department of Health Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program Grant

"Celdara Medical builds academic and early-stage innovations into high-potential medical companies, identifying discoveries of exceptional value at the earliest stages and moving them toward the market."

"The 'Cane Angel Network aims to bring together entrepreneurs and investors from the University of Miami community to provide early-stage funding and network of advisors."

Researcher on the European Research Council funded project entitled “Central Retinal Enrichment Supplementation Trial” (CREST), which is designed to investigate the influence of nutrition on visual performance.Researcher on the “Egg Xanthophyll Intervention Trial” (EXIT), investigating the development of a macular carotenoid-enriched egg as an innovative supplement for vision and cognitive health.Awards: European Society of Photobiology Fellowship (2015), Heidelberg EngineeringTravel Grant (2013)11 publications, 3 as first-authorPresented at 3 international conferences, including 2 oral presentations

Researched in the Tissue Culture Center of the Pathology Department of the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary on treatments for macular degeneration with Dr. Dan-Ning Hu. Studied the protective effects of a variety of substances such as lutein, melatonin, and zeaxanthin, against oxidative damage of retinal pigment epithelial cells