Paid undergraduate researcher position working with third year graduate student in the biofuels lab at UC Berkeley. Through the NSF Center for Sustainable PolymersIntroduced individual genome mutations into wild type bacteria using the Crispr-Cas9 gene editing technique and analyzed the resultant phenotypes.Ran and analyzed production titers of the biofuel 1,3-butanediol from evolved bacteria strains.

Investigating genetic modification and metabolic engineering of bacterial plasmid to biosynthetically produce target amino acids helpful in medical applications.

Synthesizing a potential electrode material for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Synthesizing nanostructured material using high-temperature solid state reaction, characterize structure using x-ray diffraction, and electrochemical testing using coin cell lithium batteries.