Director Of Professional Development

• Jul 2022 - Present

Team Lead

• Sep 2022 - Present

As a team lead, managed and coordinated a team of pro-bono consultants in developing a strategic plan to overcome barriers facing the eating disorder space for our client, a small community-based treatment centre.Incorporated feedback from industry advisors on key deliverables and strategic approach. Organized and implemented timeline to ensure deliverables underwent stringent quality assessment and were complete in timely manner.

Consultant

• Feb 2022 - Present

Collaborated with an experienced and fast-paced team of consultants to develop a sustainable revenue model, tailored programming, and 3-year financial projections for a not-for-profit creative makerspace in the GTA.Managed project scope by communication with the client and adapting to new information; continuously refined our solutions to meet the client’s needs; created and presented final deliverables to the client and relevant stakeholders.Created and presented final deliverables (market research, financial models and stakeholder interviews) to clients, industry advisors and UCG executives.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Sep 2020 - Present

Graduate researcher at Toronto Smart Materials and Structures (TSMART) and The Morshead Lab. Hypothesized and designed fabrication method of novel bio-based conductive polymers for use as injectable electrodes in deep brain stimulating therapies. Synthesized, purified and characterized novel hydrogel composite as well as investigated neural precursor cell viability in the presence of this new material through various biological assays.Prepares biweekly to monthly comprehensive written/oral progress reports for hospital and industry collaborators (team comprised of 3 professors, 1 neurosurgeon, 2 senior scientists and 10 graduate students in varying departments).

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2020 - Present

CHE399 Professional Engineering Consultancy (lead weekly tutorials on effective communication practices for engineers; this course served as a mock bid process for an environmental site assessment for a fictional client)ESC499 Engineering Science Thesis Course (helped coordinate and guide students through their thesis research)CHE562 Applied Polymer Chemistry, Science & Engineering (helped write and mark ~20 students' exams/quizzes/assignments)CHE112 Physical Chemistry (lead weekly tutorials for ~50 students covering problem sets and lecture topics)CHE205 Applied Chemistry Laboratory II (supervised and advised ~20 students through second year practical laboratory skills and experiments)

Student Athlete

• Sep 2015 - Apr 2020

Recruited to row as part of novice program in 2015 through identification of physiological/athletic abilities that would predispose one to success in rowing. After making the women's heavyweight varsity team after one year of rowing, was part of 6 gold medal OUA crews (and 1 silver) as well as 2 national titles (2 women's team banners & gold and bronze in heavyweight eight) throughout 5 year varsity career. Maintained a full course load while training 20+ hours/week on and off the water and travelling for regattas.

Fourth Year Honours Thesis

• Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

Gillies Group, Department of Chemistry Thesis: Transesterification of Poly (ethyl glyoxylate)s for the Synthesis of Thermo-responsive Self-immolative Polymers. Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth R. GillesDeveloping thermo-responsive self immolative poly(ethyl glyoxylates). Using a wide range of analytical techniques such as NMR, UV-visible spectroscopic methods, turbidimetry analysis, size exclusion chromatography, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravitmetric analysis.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• May 2017 - Sep 2017

Summer NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council) funded internship in Dr. E. Gillies’ research group which specializes in smart materials and biomaterials.Synthesized novel enzyme responsive self-immolative biocompatible polymers for drug delivery under supervision of post doctorate fellow Dr. Amir Rabiee Kenaree. Presented research before Western Chemistry Department and NSERC stakeholders.

Health Promotions intern

• May 2016 - Sep 2016

Developed materials and directed media presentations at workshops around Ontario for Special Olympics athletes and coaches as part of SOO’s Healthy Athletes health advocacy program. Acted as mentor for Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Program (ALP) university courses in Toronto. Developed materials and directed media presentations at workshops around Ontario for Special Olympics athletes and coaches as part of SOO’s Healthy Athletes health advocacy program. Acted as mentor for Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Program (ALP) university courses in Toronto.