Experience

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate in David Liu's lab

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Member of the genome editing subgroup Member of the genome editing subgroup



Wellesley College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Aug 2019 - Sep 2020

  -Analyzing textbook and primary literature; estimating effect size; running an online study that asks web-recruited individuals to redraw and add data points to randomly sampled graphs from the textbook and literature and then shows them the original data with all points shown-Presenting and publishing findings on how displaying only one data point per condition (usually a mean) is misleading and emphasizes the importance of showing all data

• • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  -Assisting with in class problems/group work

• • Aug 2019 - May 2020

  -Unpacking and setting up intro chem lab equipment and reagents

• • Jan 2019 - May 2020

  Biophysical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Intensive Intro Chemistry, and Chemistry of the Heavens Grader

• • Aug 2018 - May 2020

  -Providing group tutoring; attached tutoring for Organic Chem 2, Physical Chem, Intensive Intro Chem, and Chemistry of the Heavens; and one-on-one tutoring in Organic Chem 1 and 2, Chem 105 and 205 (Intro Chem), Chem 120 (Intensive Intro Chem), Chem 330 (Physical Chem) and Chem 331 (Biophysical Chem)-Clarifying concepts, providing students with tools for analyzing problems, assisting with lab report writing, and teaching occasional lecture classes

• • Jan 2018 - May 2020

  -Honors senior thesis: Investigating antiproliferative activity of coumarin-based derivatives of Angelmarin as anticancer agents for pancreatic cancer (PANC-1), colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer cells via drug discovery techniques and assay development; investigating lead compound mechanism of action; performing lead compound optimization and structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies; presenting thesis work at a lunchtime chem seminar for all interested students and faculty; defending thesis to a panel of 3 Chem Professors and 1 Psychology Professor-Presenting at and participating in lab meetings-Training other student researchers Show less

• • Aug 2016 - Aug 2019

  -Serving as an audiovisual technician and videographer-Working on videotaping, livestreaming, editing, uploading, and setting up and managing AV equipment during events-Troubleshooting problems that other student workers have during events

• • Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  -Running photochemistry and radiation chemistry experiments; analyzing the mass spec data using Origin Pro 9

• • May 2017 - Sep 2017

  -Created one-page summary flow charts for each unit-Worked on concepts relevant to all of intro chem



National Cancer Institute (NCI)

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• • 2016 - 2019

  -Running Taqman assays and gel electrophoresis for PCR optimization (PCR-RFLP high throughput genotyping assays); running RT-PCR; performing DNA extractions and Illumina assays; identifying genetic variants/single nucleotide polymorphisms; learning cell culture assay-Utilizing/updating BCGC database with assay results; data analysis in R; assessing whether results were in HW-equilibrium; created a booklet for future interns on how to use the BCGC database-Presenting at and participating in lab meetings-Teaching relevant techniques to and mentoring other interns, Post Bacs, and PhD students-Participating in NIH Journal Clubs Show less

• • 2015 - 2016

  Performing the same assays and database work as for the NIH CRTA Fellowship