Experience

California Council on Science and Technology (CCST)

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Technology Policy Fellow

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Sacramento, California, United States



Medical College of Wisconsin

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Research Assistant

  • Jun 2017 - Oct 2023

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Stem cell disease modeling of human cytomegalovirus infection using cerebral organoids generated from induced pluripotent stem cells. Experience doing qPCR, RNA sequencing (bulk and single cell), western blot, immunohistochemistry, calcium imaging, and MEA recording.



Society for Neuroscience

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Early Career Policy Ambassador

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

  United States Participated in advocacy efforts around science funding and policy. Hosted a seminar series discussing the role of science in policy, levels of advocacy, and how to start a career in science policy.



Ruth O'Regan Lab

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2016 - May 2017

  Madison, Wisconsin, United States Running Cytotoxicity Assays on Triple Negative Breast Cancer cell lines with various drug combinations Running Western Blot analysis Using Excel to create graphs and charts displaying data Presenting experimental findings in weekly lab meetings Taking care of mice colony using oral gavage technique



Schneider Lab

• Student Research Assistant

  • Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Madison, Wisconsin, United States Cared for lab’s colony of 15 rhesus macaque monkeys: fed and cleaned daily, prepared drug doses. Administered vaccines and blood draws.Transported monkeys from home cage to PET scanner and from home cage to social cage. Assisted in PET scans: prepped the monkey and maintained vitals throughout the scan. Data collection and analysis: daily data recorded and input into Excel spreadsheet; created graphs and charts based on data.



Postle Lab

• Student Research Assistant

  • Oct 2013 - May 2015

  Madison, Wisconsin, United States Partnered with grad students and post-docs creating face morphs for MRI match/non-match behavioral tasks. Prepared participants for EEG capping, held TMS (Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation) coil when used in concert with behavioral match/non-match task. Ran subjects in behavioral studies, set up computer task and monitored subjects’ progress, recording data upon completion. Discussed new papers in the field at weekly meetings.