Experience

Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Research assistant in the King Lab for a project designing and testing de novo mini-proteins to activate the innate immune system for applications in vaccine design. Collected data using biochemical techniques and used computational methods to design novel proteins. Research assistant in the King Lab for a project designing and testing de novo mini-proteins to activate the innate immune system for applications in vaccine design. Collected data using biochemical techniques and used computational methods to design novel proteins.



Department of Biology, University of Washington

• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2021 - Sep 2022

  Research assistant in the Santana Lab for projects investigating 1) the evolution of flight in bats, 2) the evolution of body shape diversity in mammals, and 3) the evolution of external and internal long bone morphology in squirrels. Collected and analyzed data from linear measurements and micro-CT scans of osteological specimens, ran statistical analyses and computational models using phylogenetic comparative methods in R, and presented results at two national conferences and three undergraduate symposia. Show less



Seattle Children's

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2021 - Jun 2022

  Research assistant in the Maga Lab for a project quantifying 3D craniofacial phenotypes of wild-type and mutant zebrafish to better understand the link between genotype and phenotype. Used 3D Slicer medical imaging software and R statistical analyses to analyze micro-CT data. Research assistant in the Maga Lab for a project quantifying 3D craniofacial phenotypes of wild-type and mutant zebrafish to better understand the link between genotype and phenotype. Used 3D Slicer medical imaging software and R statistical analyses to analyze micro-CT data.