Provided academic mentorship to ~15 freshmen; connected students to academic resources; hosted study break events and one-on-one meetings; provided guidance on assignments, exam-preparation, and general note-taking skills; provide health-specific advice to pre-medical students through Health Professions Advising

Discuss structural violence in healthcare systems; improve medical accessibility awareness in Philadelphia area

Lead tours of 30+ visitors including prospective students; cover Princeton University's history, academics, athletics and more; field questions about campus/student life25 guides elected from pool of ~100 applicants for presentation and public speaking skills

Founded student organization merging innovation with health equity on campus; led campus initiative to design campus health interventions for first-gen low-income students; led and recruited team of 5 students in health improvement efforts; worked with University Health Services, Keller Center, Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity etc. to implement solutions

Modeling nucleolar components in vitro, interrogate rRNA entry into phase-separating droplets

Chosen by peers to lead organization with ~150 members and ~7 subteam directors; organize undergraduate trips to Boston, New York, and Philadelphia for networking and mentorship opportunities, increase awareness and biotech resources for Princeton University undergraduates, manage scientific journal club, plan events and symposia for biotechnology exposure, collaborate with Princeton's Bioengineering Initiative to establish speaker series and undergraduate involvement

Investigating how changes in tissue microenvironment affect T-cell activation and functionSpecifically tuning tissue mechanical properties and the role of adhesion ligandsDeveloping a foundation in both immunology research techniques along with general biomaterials/bioengineering experimentationWorking with Dr. Kwasi Adu-Berchie and Favour ObusehFunded for this research by the Harvard SEAS REU, chosen as one of about 50 students from a pool of ~1000 applicants

Director (2023-2024): Led team of ~30 undergraduates to construct pitch for Princeton-based therapeutic, collaborated with professors to select project candidate, aligned business strategy with Office of Technology Licensing, secured funding, and organized pitch trip and speaker series Student Entrepreneur (2022-2023): Develop licensing pitch for Professor Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost’s novel antibiotic technologies, conduct literature review and market research, deliver presentations for biotechnology venture capital firms, aid translation from research to industry.

Shadowed in two hospitals over the course of an 8-week internship in Cape Town, South Africa in an effort to understand global barriers to medical accessibility.Victoria Hospital, Wynberg: Collected data for Dr. Clint Cupido's Continued Service Improvement Project (CSI) to determine how to improve hospital efficiency and best allocate limited resources, shadowed in the Internal Medicine Department, gained exposure to various medical conditions and treatments alongside 4th and 6th year MBChB students at University of Cape TownLady Michaelis Clinic, Plumstead: Shadowed in primary care, physiotherapy, school health, health education, women's health, dentistry, and the HIV/TB clinic; gained an understanding of the primary care facility's relationship with the surrounding community, aided in community outreach events such as physiotherapy education and the opening of a youth health center

Developed plant-derived TE scaffolds, characterized constructs with lab equipment, analyzed and reported obtained results for conferences and papersFor science fairs: independently developed research ideas, wrote 5 research reports, presented results to judges, defended findings, fielded complex questions