Student

• Jul 2016 - Present

Anesthesia Technician

• Jun 2015 - Jul 2016

Plays an essential supporting role on the anesthesia team during and between operating room procedures. Responsibilities include: setting up and troubleshooting anesthesia equipment, operating transfusion equipment, general anesthesia assistance, and responding to anesthesia emergencies throughout the hospital. Plays an essential supporting role on the anesthesia team during and between operating room procedures. Responsibilities include: setting up and troubleshooting anesthesia equipment, operating transfusion equipment, general anesthesia assistance, and responding to anesthesia emergencies throughout the hospital.

Research Assistant

• Oct 2014 - May 2015

Laboratory of Dr. Anurag AgrawalProject: Evolutionary and structural basis of differences in sodium-potassium ATPase resistance to cardiac glycosides among milkweed butterflies. Extracted butterfly brains to obtain sodium-potassium ATPase-containing nervous tissue and performed protein inhibition assays using newly purified plant-derived cardiac glycosides.

Student

• Aug 2011 - May 2015

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2015B.S. Biological Sciences Nutrition and Health Minor

Summer Intern

• Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas J. Mantis Project: Identifying the criteria that define a potent ricin neutralizing antibody. Characterized a set of partially neutralizing anti-ricin monoclonal antibodies using ELISA (competitive binding assays), in vivo mouse model, and cell viability assays. Assisted with grant proposals by generating PyMolTM images. Presentation: annual Wadsworth Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Symposium Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas J. Mantis Project: Identifying the criteria that define a potent ricin neutralizing antibody. Characterized a set of partially neutralizing anti-ricin monoclonal antibodies using ELISA (competitive binding assays), in vivo mouse model, and cell viability assays. Assisted with grant proposals by generating PyMolTM images. Presentation: annual Wadsworth Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Symposium

Intern

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Laboratory of Dr. Nicholas J. Mantis Project: Identification and characterization of small molecule inhibitors of ricin. Tested 15 compounds and attempted to determine mechanism of action for most effective. Techniques: SDS-PAGE, Western blot, flow cytometry, mammalian cell culture, in vitro protein translation assays, cytotoxicity assays, in silico docking of compounds using AutoDock Vina™ and PyMol. Presentation: annual Wadsworth Center Research Experience for Undergraduates Symposium Show less