Experience

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Dr. Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD Laboratory Under the mentorship of Dr. Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD PhD in Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease Dr. Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD Laboratory Under the mentorship of Dr. Erin Steinbach, MD, PhD PhD in Curriculum in Toxicology & Environmental Medicine and Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease



Northern Kentucky University

• Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Studied genetic susceptibility to developmental exposure to environmental toxins found in traffic related air pollution using a mouse model • Performed neurobehavioral tests on the mice as well as husbandry tasks • Used real-time qPCR to quantify gene expression changes and ELISAs to measure brain-derived neurotrophic factor and corticosterone levels • Used metabolic cages to collect feces from the mice at different developmental points, then extracted the DNA from the feces samples… Show more • Studied genetic susceptibility to developmental exposure to environmental toxins found in traffic related air pollution using a mouse model • Performed neurobehavioral tests on the mice as well as husbandry tasks • Used real-time qPCR to quantify gene expression changes and ELISAs to measure brain-derived neurotrophic factor and corticosterone levels • Used metabolic cages to collect feces from the mice at different developmental points, then extracted the DNA from the feces samples to determine the makeup of the gut microbiome • Tissue collection and organ harvest of the mice, collected from both the body and the brain Show less • Studied genetic susceptibility to developmental exposure to environmental toxins found in traffic related air pollution using a mouse model • Performed neurobehavioral tests on the mice as well as husbandry tasks • Used real-time qPCR to quantify gene expression changes and ELISAs to measure brain-derived neurotrophic factor and corticosterone levels • Used metabolic cages to collect feces from the mice at different developmental points, then extracted the DNA from the feces samples… Show more • Studied genetic susceptibility to developmental exposure to environmental toxins found in traffic related air pollution using a mouse model • Performed neurobehavioral tests on the mice as well as husbandry tasks • Used real-time qPCR to quantify gene expression changes and ELISAs to measure brain-derived neurotrophic factor and corticosterone levels • Used metabolic cages to collect feces from the mice at different developmental points, then extracted the DNA from the feces samples to determine the makeup of the gut microbiome • Tissue collection and organ harvest of the mice, collected from both the body and the brain Show less



University of Cincinnati

• Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  I worked in the Dr. Teresa Reyes lab under the direct supervision of Dr. Brittany Smith. • Performed neurobehavioral tests in mice to measure cognitive flexibility including digital operant box training, as well as a pilot studying running the rule set shifting task • Scored behavioral tasks such as zero maze, and analysis data • Helped with tissue collection and organ harvest of the mice including perfusions, brain dissection, and mounting brain slices to microscope slides I worked in the Dr. Teresa Reyes lab under the direct supervision of Dr. Brittany Smith. • Performed neurobehavioral tests in mice to measure cognitive flexibility including digital operant box training, as well as a pilot studying running the rule set shifting task • Scored behavioral tasks such as zero maze, and analysis data • Helped with tissue collection and organ harvest of the mice including perfusions, brain dissection, and mounting brain slices to microscope slides