Experience

LifeSci Communications

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Executive

  • Dec 2019 - Present



Yale University School of Medicine

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Associate

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Designed and executed experimental strategies to understand how hunger impacts decision making using the roundworm, C. elegans, as a model system.• Mentored 2 undergraduate students in designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments.



Wake Forest University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PHD Candidate

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2016

  • Used fruit flies as a model system to better understand metabolic disorders, such as diabetes.• Developed novel behavioral paradigms to understand how insects detect aversive chemicals.• Mentored 15 undergraduate students in designing, conducting, analyzing, and interpreting experiments.• Worked closely with members of the department to develop project ideas, troubleshoot experiments, and analyze data.• Presented findings at multiple international and local conferences.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - 2016

  Genetics Lab (3 semesters)• Led weekly lectures for classes of 15- 25 students relating complex biological principals in an approachable manner.• Collaborated with faculty to refine the Genetics Lab curriculum to be more engaging and relevant.• Trained students in conducting various behavioral experiments as well as in standard molecular techniques.• Designed and graded course material based on the concepts taught in the lab.Biochemistry Lab (1 semester)• Assisted instructor in training students in advanced biochemical techniques.• Graded course materials.