Experience

USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

• Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader CHEM-325B

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Lead weekly study/review sessions for second-semester organic chemistry material.Compose worksheets and other study materials to support student learning in organic chemistry.Interface with course instructor weekly to unify teaching.



Valery Fokin Laboratory, USC Bridge Institute

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  Computational simulations of on-water cycloaddition reactions.Determining mechanism and selectivity of triazole and isoxazole formation reactions.



Amgen

• Undergraduate Intern, Cardiometabolic Disorders (CMD)

  • Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

  Drafted review manuscript describing BAG3 functions and phenotypes and mechanism of human BAG3 mutations.Composed detailed experimental proposals for investigating the mechanism of C151R, a protective BAG3 mutation.



Steve Kay Laboratory, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Biosciences

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2019 - May 2020

  Studying the effects of the knock-out of core circadian clock components (via CRISPR/Cas-9) on liver cancer phenotypes.Responsible for mouse genotyping for knock-in circadian clock reporters, as well as mammalian cell line maintenance.Test novel circadian clock-targeting compounds for efficacy in treating various cancers using in vitro cell models.



International Space Station Program

• Biology Team Deputy Leader

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Led scientific research and development for project testing the effects of a novel antimicrobial copper paint on the growth of E. coli in microgravity with a team of 10 students. Project launched to and returned from the ISS in 2018.Advised other project teams and IP development team in experimental design, scientific feasibility, and laboratory skills.



Rocketry Program

• Launch Captain

  • Aug 2016 - May 2018

  Directed assembly, payload assignments, and flight computer integration for a Class II 7’ J-motor fiberglass rocket, with a team of 6 students. Rocket was successfully launched and recovered at Tripoli LDRS in Helm, CA.Previously worked on developing and programming an in-house Raspberry Pi-based flight computer system.



Intrinsyx Technologies Corp

• Student Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Interned full-time throughout summer 2017.Supported groundwater TCE phytoremediation trials at the NASA Ames campus and other field sites.Analyzed and presented data from trials of newly isolated microbial endophytes on crop growth.Drafted designs for DNA-aptamer biosensors for target analytes including food pathogens and toxins.