Experience

Ontologic

• United States
• Data Infrastructure and Analytics
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder, COO

  • May 2022 - Present

  Ontologic is a collaboration platform that helps research teams work together faster by making custom analysis code easy to use. Our platform generates no-code interfaces usable through a web browser so bench and data scientists can focus on their core functions. With Ontologic, bench scientists can use the data analysis team’s custom software without having to interact with code, and data analysis teams don't have to spend time on UI, infrastructure, or other tasks unrelated to their core… Show more Ontologic is a collaboration platform that helps research teams work together faster by making custom analysis code easy to use. Our platform generates no-code interfaces usable through a web browser so bench and data scientists can focus on their core functions. With Ontologic, bench scientists can use the data analysis team’s custom software without having to interact with code, and data analysis teams don't have to spend time on UI, infrastructure, or other tasks unrelated to their core bioinformatics objectives. If you have some time to chat, we'd love to learn more about your priorities and challenges around data analysis and collaboration. Show less



Lil' Labmates

• Co-Founder

  • May 2020 - Present

  When my son was born in March of 2020, I realized I couldn't find any science-themed toys that were age appropriate and would benefit his development in his first year. I was inspired to create Lil' Labmates to fulfill this need, and began product and market research during my maternity leave. Lil' Labmates will launch our first developmentally enriching, STEM-themed baby toy in July; learn more at lillabmates.com



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD, Synthetic Neurobiology Lab

  • Aug 2016 - May 2022

  Candidate for PhD in Neuroscience at MIT's Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, under the advisement of Dr. Ed Boyden. Projects include imaging neural activity, analyzing behavior, and testing molecular tools, all in the C. elegans model organism. Teaching experience in introductory neuroscience (MIT undergraduate course 9.01). Extracurricular work includes departmental and institutional student government, including work in diversity, equity, and inclusion.



Massachusetts General Hospital

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

• Clinical Research Coordinator

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2016

  Greater Boston Area Full-time position processing and analyzing PET data acquired with novel radiotracers for beta-amyloid and tau protein. Recruited subjects and administered cognitive tests, used MATLAB and FreeSurfer for 3D image data processing and quality assessment, analyzed ROI-based PET and MRI data in three independent research projects.



MIT (Dr. Jeroen Saeij)

• Experimental Molecular Biology Lab Class

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

  Spent over 25 hrs/week preparing a short-term independent investigation of the role of huntingtin protein aggregation in the classical NF-kB inflammatory pathway under the supervision of Dr. Nelly Cruz and Dr. Jeroen Saeij. Gave weekly presentations of research progress and plans, wrote unpublished literature review and research article.



Mayo Clinic

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

• Special Project Associate

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  Jacksonville, Florida Area Full-time internship over 12 weeks performing fluorescent in-situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry, data analysis, contributing to experimental design. Presented my results at the end of the summer, co-authored an editorial and research article.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

  • Oct 2011 - Dec 2012

  Cambridge, Massachusetts 10 hours per week during three semesters, working with three supervisors on projects in visual cortex plasticity and Fragile X Syndrome. Performed rodent behavioral experiments, craniotomy, brain injection, perfusion, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy.



University of Miami

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area Full-time internship at Hussman Institute for Human Genomics over 11 weeks performing PCR and sequencing reactions, gel electrophoresis, analyzing Sanger sequencing data, and aiding in analyses of Next-Gen sequencing data for Dr. Pericak-Vance's Autism gene discovery project.