Experience

University of Utah College of Pharmacy

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Salt Lake County, Utah, United States



University of California, Riverside

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2021

  Pre-lab lectures and demonstrations, laboratory instruction, grading of lab reports, and weekly office hours.

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Jan 2016 - Sep 2020

  Riverside, California -Synthesis of small molecule inhibitors for the SUMO E1 enzyme: Rationally designed and assessed anacardic acid derivatives using computational docking analysis and synthesized over 40 analogs for biological evaluation. -Phenolic lipid synthesis using a Heck-relay based methodology: Developed a novel approach for the synthesis of phenolic lipids granting complete control over olefin position and geometry. -Photocatalytic C‒H activation of adamantanes: Generated… Show more -Synthesis of small molecule inhibitors for the SUMO E1 enzyme: Rationally designed and assessed anacardic acid derivatives using computational docking analysis and synthesized over 40 analogs for biological evaluation. -Phenolic lipid synthesis using a Heck-relay based methodology: Developed a novel approach for the synthesis of phenolic lipids granting complete control over olefin position and geometry. -Photocatalytic C‒H activation of adamantanes: Generated adamantyl radicals using a highly selective dual photocatalytic system for use in Giese-type additions to imines to create products of medicinal relevance such as rimantadine and the enantiopure saxagliptin core.



California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Organic Chemistry Tutor

  • Sep 2012 - Jun 2014

  Assisted students with course material for classes in general, physical, organic, and biochemistry.



NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Mar 2014 - Apr 2014

  CSU Desert Research Station, Mojave, CA Research on native desert bacteriological soil crusts.