Experience

American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow

  • Sep 2023 - Present

  Alexandria, Virginia, United States Working at the NSF as part of the AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowship. My focus is "Sustainable and Resilient Communities in the Face of Crisis"



The Johns Hopkins University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Graduate Student

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2021

  My research focuses on the chemical synthesis of polyketide synthase (PKS) substrates, derivatives and natural products. These compounds are used in mechanistic, kinetic, and crystallographic experiments to discover precisely how these enzymes perform their chemistry.



Paratek Pharmaceuticals

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• research intern

  • Jul 2005 - Aug 2009

  My responsibilities included the chemical synthesis, and subsequent purification and analysis of novel tetracyclines. These compounds were then tested on mouse models to determine their efficacy in treating the orphan disease SMA (spinal muscular atrophy). I was the first research intern that Paratek took on, but by the end of my tenure there, they had expanded the program to almost a dozen research interns.