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St Louis, Missouri, United States

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Perform metagenomic and genomic DNA isolation from stool samples and bacterial isolates samples
• Quantitatively analyze pathogen and toxin levels in stool to identify and create an artificial microbiome community
• Explore the regulatory factors of the expression of binary CDT by Clostridium Difficile (C diff.) in vitro and in vivo along with the connection between toxin production, sporulation, and germination
• Conduct next-generation sequencing of bacterial genomes and stool metagenomic sequencing reads in Bash scripting through taxonomic profiling (using MetaPhlAn 3.0) and metabolomic pathway profiling (using HUMAnN 3)
• Design and produce different growth media for various bacteria and their respective strains for better/faster growth
• Participate in weekly journal clubs to stay up to date with current literature on the gut microbiome

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Lead weekly studio sessions with a group of 5-6 students to cover and practice material covered in lecture that week
• Host weekly office hours to answer students’ questions and aid with assignments
• Grade and provide feedback on students’ exams, labs, and other assignments
• Work closely with instructors to plan curriculum, which includes lecture material and labs
• Answer students' questions on course content through Piazza

New York, New York, United States

• Saved engineers/internal Medidata teams over 7 hours weekly by developing/testing a Python script to download, manipulate, and upload data from the AACT Clinical Trials Database to a SQL server in the Development.
• Developed various ML Models using internal Medidata data and data from the AACT Clinical Trials Database to analyze and forecast Medidata's footprint and areas of growth in the clinical trial industry
• Utilized Tableau to create tables to visualize the analysis and forecasting of Medidata's footprint and areas of growth in the clinical trial industry
• Analyzed internal data obtained from the Sales Department in order to develop different ML Models to identify actionable patterns involving products used and/or discounts given that influence contracts closed won vs..
• Won the Intern Innovation Lab Competition by developing a thorough GPT-based solution along with an implementation plan to address Medidata's internal communication needs

Hines, Illinois, United States

• Worked with Clostridium Difficile (C diff.) at VA Hines Hospital
• Conducted general experiments involving C diff. using equipment such as anaerobic chambers and general, fundamental microbiology techniques
• Grew and extracted DNA from roughly a hundred different C diff. strains and then proceed to quantify, prep, sequence, and analyze DNA in Linux terminal through a pre-defined pipeline from Northwestern University
• Organized and worked on a CDC project to isolate different strains of C diff. from stool samples and then perform agar dilutions on these strains (with other virulent bacteria serving as controls) in order to measure.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Genotyped all mouse colonies using PCR and gel electrophoresis
• Worked with instruments such as a flow spectrometer and microscopes to measure the number of B cells in collected tissue samples from mice in order to study their development and function
• Cared for mouse colonies, which included providing them with food and water, monitoringgeneral health, weaning cages
• Performed general injections and operations on mice

Willowbrook, Illinois, United States

• Worked with multiple students, ranging from kindergarteners to high schoolers, at a time, and taught them math ranging from counting up to Calculus II using a guided curriculum
• Helped create a guided curriculum used for teaching Calculus I and Calculus II to over 30 students
• Helped develop cohesive online training for hundreds of employees

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science/Mathematics And Biology, 3.98/4.00 (115 Credits)

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity Fundraising Committee, Developer Student Club, Theta Xi Recruitment Chair, Event.

High School Diploma - Hs Valedictorian (1St Out Of 672) With Summa Cum Laude Distinctions (Top 2%), Unweighted Gpa: 5.00/5.00; Weighted Gpa: 5.98/5.00; Sat: 1590/1600

Activities and Societies: Chess Team (Co-President/Captain), Science Olympiad (Chemistry Division Captain), Math Team, Model UN, Marching.

Linear Algebra And Differential Equations, A'S In Both