Experience

The Graduate School at Northwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Construction and cloning of Plasmid Libraries with genetic mutations - Protein expression, purification, and characterization of virus-like-particles (VLPs) - Protein structure characterization via ChimeraX - SDS-PAGE Gel Electrophoresis for Protein Expression - Construction and cloning of Plasmid Libraries with genetic mutations - Protein expression, purification, and characterization of virus-like-particles (VLPs) - Protein structure characterization via ChimeraX - SDS-PAGE Gel Electrophoresis for Protein Expression



Northeastern Illinois University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• STEM Ambassador (Title III)

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2023

  - Build a community of STEM students virtually - Provide technical advice and support to STEM students- Speed networking with students, teachers, and faculty- Establish practical STEM demonstrations- Used Canva and Google apps to help with marketing events

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Apr 2020 - Aug 2023

  - Summer research grant awarded by Student Center for Science Engagement- Performed excel quality control check for deep sequenced RNAseq libraries- Use databases including Wormbase, Ensembl, and BLAST to analysis gene list to find human orthologs and tissue expression patterns- Develop hypotheses and interpretations from differential gene expression profiles for TDP-43 expressing C. elegans- Review procedures to properly care for worms and manipulate their genome

• Stagehand

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2023

  - Assisted in setting up audio, lighting, and technical equipment- Lead student employees to complete event set-ups- Managed finances, scheduling, and ticketing for events



Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  - Prepare buffer solutions needed for day to day lab experiments - Conduct Bicinchoninic Acid (BCA) Assay on cancer cell lines to measure protein concentrations - Run Western Blot immunoassay on cancer cell lines to identify protein expression - Conduct qRTPCR, gene expression analysis - Design and Order Primers for experiments - Data analysis utilizing shell script and R program, and Bioconductor packages - Prepare buffer solutions needed for day to day lab experiments - Conduct Bicinchoninic Acid (BCA) Assay on cancer cell lines to measure protein concentrations - Run Western Blot immunoassay on cancer cell lines to identify protein expression - Conduct qRTPCR, gene expression analysis - Design and Order Primers for experiments - Data analysis utilizing shell script and R program, and Bioconductor packages