Experience

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2023

  Cell Biology and Physiology PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Victoria Bautch studying the trafficking and secretion of soluble VEGFR1 from vascular endothelial cells. Mentored and developed projects for 3 undergraduates, 1 post baccalaureate, and 2 graduate rotation students over the course of 3 years. Presented research talks/posters at 18 local, national, and international research conferences and seminars including a workshop in Barcelona, Spain titled Engineering in Vascular Biology… Show more Cell Biology and Physiology PhD candidate in the lab of Dr. Victoria Bautch studying the trafficking and secretion of soluble VEGFR1 from vascular endothelial cells. Mentored and developed projects for 3 undergraduates, 1 post baccalaureate, and 2 graduate rotation students over the course of 3 years. Presented research talks/posters at 18 local, national, and international research conferences and seminars including a workshop in Barcelona, Spain titled Engineering in Vascular Biology (May 2022).

• Snider Lab Rotation Student

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

  Studied Intermediate filament gene mutations in neurodegenerative disease Skills: - Neurodegenerative disease, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) Accomplishments: - Co-author on manuscript, presented a research talk at the UNC CBP departmental seminar, presented a poster at the Neuroimmunology and Glia Group Retreat

• Huang Lab Rotation Student

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

  Studied the impact of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) produced in the gut on immunosuppression and T-cell infiltration in colorectal tumors. Skills: -Cancer biology, immunology, checkpoint blockade therapy, nanoparticle formulation, plasmid purification, western blotting, immunofluorescence imaging, in vivo studies Accomplishments: -Co-author on publications, presented a poster at UNC BBSP First Year Symposium



The University of Texas at Dallas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - May 2017

  In the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, I worked under the guidance of Dr. Rockford Draper to determine potential toxicity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by studying cytokine release from macrophages when exposed to a variety of CNTs coated in Pluronic-F108 or BSA.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  I worked in the Advanced Polymer Research Lab under Dr. Walter Voit. My goal was to find polymers with a potential use in 3D printing. I used the polymer poly (methyl methacrylate) to study the ability of a polymer to flow easily when hot, but cross-link and create a strong material when cooled to room temperature.



UT Southwestern Medical Center

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

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  During the summer of 2016, I continued my research from the Green Fellowship in the Siegwart lab.

• Green Fellow

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  As part of the Green Fellowship, I worked under Dr. Dan Siegwart in the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. My goal was to understand the mechanism of entry that dendrimer nanoparticles use to enter the cell and to make siRNA delivery more effective at treating ovarian cancer.