Experience

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PHD Student

  • Aug 2022 - Present



Superbrewed Food Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Seasonal Trainee

  • Dec 2017 - Jan 2023

  My contribution the first year was as a business development intern and researcher, using genomic databases to help identify new strains. The next year, I was hired to maintain the determined cellular environment via the media, pressure, pH, temperature, etc. by aseptically monitoring its optical density and what it produced/consumed. The following year I was promoted as a Research Assistant to a doctoral researcher in which I was given more responsibility and worked with anaerobic bacteria. As for the equipment I worked with, I used all the basic lab equipment such as pipets, pH probes, the biosafety cabinet, autoclave, centrifuge and also worked proficiently in the anaerobic chamber and with the high performance liquid chromatographer (HPLC). I also worked with serum bottles: measuring pressure and batch feeding them sugars, vitamins, pH buffer, and media. My main responsibility entailed plating bacterium on different agar media, picking colonies for isolated growth, and sparging them with nitrogen gas. Show less



University of Delaware

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program

  • May 2020 - May 2022

  Project aimed to evaluate changes in diffusion of Nitric Oxide depending on varying nylon densities using COMSOL mathematical modelling software. Results have larger implications revolving the use of Nitroglycerin in treatment of myocardial infarction and observing the effects of other factors that impact collagen ECM density in-vivo. Identified project scope, performed a thorough literature review, simulated research virtually (due to COVID-19), and created a research poster and presentation for the annual ForagerOne Research Symposium. Show less



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• TECBio REU Researcher

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  “Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology” REU program is a 10-week summer program that will provide a challenging and fulfilling graduate-level research experience to undergraduate students. TECBio focuses on computational, quantitative, and systems-level, research over multiple scales. Specific research revolved around computational analyses of protein dynamics and binding on a molecular scale using computer docking. “Training and Experimentation in Computational Biology” REU program is a 10-week summer program that will provide a challenging and fulfilling graduate-level research experience to undergraduate students. TECBio focuses on computational, quantitative, and systems-level, research over multiple scales. Specific research revolved around computational analyses of protein dynamics and binding on a molecular scale using computer docking.



Delaware Youth Leadership Network

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Facilitator

  • Oct 2020 - May 2021

  Main responsibilities included innovating and executing monthly workshops designed to provide scholars with design thinking and career skills. Main responsibilities included innovating and executing monthly workshops designed to provide scholars with design thinking and career skills.



University of Delaware

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Maize Breeding Internship

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Paid plant breeding internship that consisted of weeding, cross pollination, and seeding of maize crops. Internship was focused on learning about maize resistance and the steps within a plant breeding project. Supervised under Dr.Randall Wisser and Teclemariam Weldekidan. Paid plant breeding internship that consisted of weeding, cross pollination, and seeding of maize crops. Internship was focused on learning about maize resistance and the steps within a plant breeding project. Supervised under Dr.Randall Wisser and Teclemariam Weldekidan.