Experience

UW School of Medicine and Public Health

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Medical Student

  • Aug 2014 - Present



Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

• Munich Area, Germany

• Guest Scientist

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

  Worked on Indicator of CREB Activation due to Phosphorylation (ICAP) Sensor through use of Directed Evolution Techniques Fulbright Grant Research Advisor: Oliver Griesbeck Updated sensor fluorophores and worked on development of high-throughput screen to process a large number of variants. Worked on Indicator of CREB Activation due to Phosphorylation (ICAP) Sensor through use of Directed Evolution Techniques Fulbright Grant Research Advisor: Oliver Griesbeck Updated sensor fluorophores and worked on development of high-throughput screen to process a large number of variants.



Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Honors Thesis

  • Mar 2012 - Jun 2012

  Optimizing Homologous Recombination in T. saccharolyticum Advisor: Lee R. Lynd Explored one way of creating gene knockouts in an anaerobic bacterium. This knowledge could ultimately be used to explore gene function in this organism.

• Senior Capstone Engineering Project

  • Oct 2011 - Mar 2012

  Worked in a small group of "consultants" for a biofuel company to help determine which genes of a particular organism were important in producing ethanol.



Dr. Jennifer Grant Laboratory

• Menomonie, WI

• Student Research Assistant

  • Oct 2011 - Nov 2011

  Proteomics of Ageing and Diseased Hearts Advisor: Jennifer Grant Worked on learning techniques to characterize the proteins of diseased and aging rat hearts such as the Bradford assay. Proteomics of Ageing and Diseased Hearts Advisor: Jennifer Grant Worked on learning techniques to characterize the proteins of diseased and aging rat hearts such as the Bradford assay.



Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

• Munich Area, Germany

• Development of Improved Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators (GECIs) through use of Directed Evolu

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

  Dartmouth - Max Planck Institute Internship (Germany) Advisor: Oliver Griesbeck Helped conduct directed evolution experiments to find improved variants of GECIs. These protein constructs exhibit a change in fluorescence when they bind to calcium and enable the tracking of action potentials and other calcium-dependent events. Dartmouth - Max Planck Institute Internship (Germany) Advisor: Oliver Griesbeck Helped conduct directed evolution experiments to find improved variants of GECIs. These protein constructs exhibit a change in fluorescence when they bind to calcium and enable the tracking of action potentials and other calcium-dependent events.



Dr. Mark Spaller Laboratory

• Lebanon, NH

• Presidential Scholar Research Assistant

  • Jul 2010 - Feb 2011

  Development of Bioanalytical Methods to Investigate Protein-Peptide Interactions Advisor: Mark Spaller Measured protein-peptide interaction and binding affinity through utilization of a Biacore X. Development of Bioanalytical Methods to Investigate Protein-Peptide Interactions Advisor: Mark Spaller Measured protein-peptide interaction and binding affinity through utilization of a Biacore X.



Dr. Solomon Diamond Laboratory

• Hanover, NH

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellow

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2010

  Development of Brain Phantoms for Use In Merging Diffuse Optical Tomography with EEG, MEG, and MRI for Neurovascular Exams Project Advisor: Solomon Diamond Attempted to develop a uniformly conductive graphite composite along with silicone molds which imitated the scattering and absorption properties of one's head. Development of Brain Phantoms for Use In Merging Diffuse Optical Tomography with EEG, MEG, and MRI for Neurovascular Exams Project Advisor: Solomon Diamond Attempted to develop a uniformly conductive graphite composite along with silicone molds which imitated the scattering and absorption properties of one's head.



Dr. Donald Likosky Group

• Lebanon, NH

• Data Assistant and Programmer

  • Oct 2009 - Nov 2009

  Redesigning Cardiac Surgery to Reduce Neurologic Injury Project Helped with designing a Microsoft Access database to streamline data entry and access. Redesigning Cardiac Surgery to Reduce Neurologic Injury Project Helped with designing a Microsoft Access database to streamline data entry and access.