Scientist in the Chemical Biology Team, developing and applying new tools and methods for studying plant-microbe interactions and chemical exposures.

Developing chemical biology probes for the study of gut and soil microbiomes

Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, advised by Kristopher McNeill.

• Produced and authored 6 bimonthly highlights on a broad range of environmental sciencetopics to attract readership and advance journal goals• Collaborated with colleagues on coauthored highlights by identifying topics and establishingscope, editing manuscripts, and facilitating communication with the publishing office

Graduate student researcher in bioorganic chemistry and chemical biology, mentored by Professor Christopher Chang• Designed, synthesized, and applied fluorogenic and luminogenic molecular probes with boronate ester and azido functionalities as reactive triggers to detect reactive sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen species (RSONS) using fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry• Mentored 2 undergraduate and 3 graduate students in probe synthesis, characterization, and fluorescence microscopy• Teaching assistant for 2 semesters of introductory organic chemistry laboratory techniques and 1 semester of undergraduate physical organic chemistry

Research student in the Wenzel group: synthesized building blocks for an asymmetric phosphoric acid catalyst.Research student in the Hatcher-Skeers group: synthesized precursors toward a deuterated nucleotide for incorporation into DNA oligomers to study DNA dynamics via 2H-NMR.

Assisted during cell biology laboratory at the Joint Science Department of the Claremont Colleges with a focus on fission yeast cell cycle.

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) intern conducting research in sediment biogeochemistry, mentored by Professor Claire Reimers.• Developed a flow-through system to measure dissolved oxygen levels in sandy sediment cores.• Experience with Clark-type oxygen microelectrodes.

Volunteer student intern in the Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) group at the Seattle NOAA campus, post-processing echograms for fisheries hydroacoustics research.