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Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and software vendors to address and solve Underwriting-related issues using Agile project management
• Supervising deployment of new customer service portal, including testing, triage, and training by coordinating across departments
• Investigating variable nightly cycle job times to diagnose frequent errors and scheduling issues
• Planning and implementing policy conversion project as part of transitioning software systems
• Coaching current Institute for Advanced Analytics Practicum group with the objective of using data analytics techniques to achieve more accurate factor reserves during major storms

Auburn, Alabama Area

• "Lineage specific conservation of cis-regulatory elements in Cytokinin Response Factors"
• Developed a novel pipeline, which analyzed conservation of cis-regulatory elements in a well-conserved family of plant transcription factors, Cytokinin Response Factors, throughout the evolutionarily diverged clades.
• Recruited and mentored undergraduate research assistants to foster new lab skills and take on critical parts of the project.
• Published in Scientific Reports

• August 2017-December 2017: Gene Expression and Recombinant DNA Lab
• An upper-level Biology class that teaches and enforces the concepts and techniques of recombinant DNA through a semester-long project.
• Taught ~40 studentsJanuary 2018- May 2018: A Survey of Life Lab
• An introductory Biology course covering the basics of human anatomy.
• Taught ~150 students spanning all grade levels from a range of majors, which required engaging, hands-on teaching to break down complicated concepts.

Raleigh, NC

• “Functional characterization of drought responsive gene, abg1”
• Characterize the role of abg1 in the plants’ responses to abiotic stress, building upon the work of previous student’s research, specifically expanding upon the stress experiments with yeast and work to confirm the.
• Investigated other genes that may confer drought tolerance via sequence analysis.
• Simplified concept scientific topics in written and oral presentations.

Raleigh, NC

• “Post-harvest Ascorbic Acid Retention and Shelf Life of Organic and Conventional Produce”: Do growing methods affect ascorbic acid retention rates in produce?
• Analyzed how ascorbic acid degradation rates differ in organic and conventional produce over a two-week time period.
• Collaborated with a nutrition student to provide a multi-disciplinary approach.
• Created a poster and presentation covering results of research.

Master Of Science - Ms

Data Analytics Bootcamp

A 24-week intensive program focused on gaining technical programming skills in Excel, VBA, Python, R, JavaScript, SQL Databases, Tableau.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biology

Bachelor'S Of Science, Biology, Junior

Activities and Societies: Resident's Assistant, Alpha Omicron Nu, Alpha Lambda Delta, Beta Beta Beta, Big Sis/Lil' Sis Tri-Chair, Class.