Experience

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  I am working as a postdoc in Dr. Wendy Macklin's lab studying mechanisms of demyelination and repair in an novel in vivo model of multiple sclerosis. I am working as a postdoc in Dr. Wendy Macklin's lab studying mechanisms of demyelination and repair in an novel in vivo model of multiple sclerosis.



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Jun 2021 - Jan 2022

  Continuing my PhD thesis work, I am working in Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl's lab to understand the role of astrocytes in the hippocampus during neuroinflammation using the EAE model for multiple sclerosis. Using RiboTag technology, I am investigating changes in astrocyte gene expression during disease, as well as in response to hormonal manipulations (depletion by gonadectomy and replacement treatment via pellet implantation). These studies aim to identify a cell-specific and region-specific target for future therapeutic development.

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2021

  I worked in the lab of Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl in the Department of Neurology at UCLA. I studied sex differences in our model for Multiple Sclerosis, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). I used cell-specific and region-specific approaches to study inflammatory cell types, namely CD4+ T cells and astrocytes. Studies on CD4+ T cells focused on the role of sex chromosomes, specifically parental imprinting using bisulfite sequencing, RNA sequencing, qPCR and flow cytometry. To study gene expression profiles of astrocytes in the hippocampus, I used the RiboTag technology in conjunction with RNA sequencing and qPCR. I have mentored four undergraduate students all of whom are now enrolled in medical school.

• Spur Labs Writing Tutor

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

  The SPUR labs summer program at UCLA hosts undergraduate students from other universities to work in UCLA research labs for 8 or 10 weeks. During this time the students are required to write and abstract and a research paper based on their summer research. I help the students write these two documents, providing feedback and helping them with the format of a research article. This position advances my own writing skills as well as my mentoring skills.

• SPUR Labs Writing Tutor

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2018

  The SPUR labs summer program at UCLA hosts undergraduate students from other universities to work in UCLA research labs for 8 or 10 weeks. During this time the students are required to write and abstract and a research paper based on their summer research. I help the students write these two documents, providing feedback and helping them with the format of a research article. This position advances my own writing skills as well as my mentoring skills.

• SPUR Labs Writing Tutor

  • Jul 2017 - Sep 2017

  The SPUR labs summer program at UCLA hosts undergraduate students from other universities to work in UCLA research labs for 8 or 10 weeks. During this time the students are required to write and abstract and a research paper based on their summer research. I help the students write these two documents, providing feedback and helping them with the format of a research article. This position advances my own writing skills as well as my mentoring skills.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  I teach a course called Molecular Biology of Cellular Processes. This course focuses on nuclear biology, emphasizing the fundamentals of molecular biology. I lead two discussion sections of approximately 20 students where I create course material, evaluate the students' performance, and hold two hours of office hours a week.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

  I teach a course called Molecular Biology of Cellular Processes and Experimental Applications of Theory. This course focuses on nuclear biology, emphasizing the fundamentals of molecular biology. I lead two discussion sections of approximately 20 students where I create course material, evaluate the students' performance, and hold two hours of office hours a week



Mokena Community Public Library District

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Circulation Clerk

  • Aug 2008 - Sep 2014

  I worked here part time through high school and college. I assisted patrons with finding and ordering books, answering phones, and many side projects from the supervisors. This job taught me valuable communication and organizational skills. I worked here part time through high school and college. I assisted patrons with finding and ordering books, answering phones, and many side projects from the supervisors. This job taught me valuable communication and organizational skills.



University of Iowa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - May 2014

  I looked at structural dynamics, binding, and thermodynamics of the protein Tiam2 and several mutants of this protein to understand the significance of certain key residues in binding specificity. I looked at structural dynamics, binding, and thermodynamics of the protein Tiam2 and several mutants of this protein to understand the significance of certain key residues in binding specificity.