Experience

Beyond Meat

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Food Technologist II

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• Research Associate I

  • Aug 2020 - Sep 2021



Argonne National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Explored the sustainability of switchgrass as a biofuel in the face of climate change for a field-based, multi-institutional genome-wide association study • Conducted fieldwork in a team to measure planted switchgrass • Compiled and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data using R and ArcGIS across ten field sites • Analyzed statistical trends in the productivity of switchgrass genotypes across U.S. climate zones • Presented research through reports and presentations • Explored the sustainability of switchgrass as a biofuel in the face of climate change for a field-based, multi-institutional genome-wide association study • Conducted fieldwork in a team to measure planted switchgrass • Compiled and analyzed quantitative and qualitative data using R and ArcGIS across ten field sites • Analyzed statistical trends in the productivity of switchgrass genotypes across U.S. climate zones • Presented research through reports and presentations



University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  • Researched plant-pathogen interactions in a Plant Pathology and Genomics lab • Conducted an independent research project to investigate the links between protein production, motility, and virulence in a tomato bacterial pathogen • Collaborated with other lab members to develop a novel protocol for using chemotaxis to manipulate bacterial motility as a virulence factor • Performed intricate experiments for molecular cloning to assist in assessing the function of virulence-associated genes in a pumpkin bacterial pathogen • Collaborated with other lab members to strategically resolve experimental obstacles • Presented research through lab meetings, symposiums, conferences, and reports • Won two grant awards for funding • Provided administrative support by organizing lab materials, preparing reagents and media, standardizing protocols, and training new lab members



National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2018 - Jul 2018

  • Assessed the Denitrification-Decomposition model for its ability to simulate bioreactors that reduce agricultural nitrate pollution in rivers • Compiled background information and data for model use • Analyzed large datasets of simulated nitrogen output in comparison to measured nitrogen output • Calibrated the model to improve its effectiveness in practical application • Presented research at intern symposium • Assessed the Denitrification-Decomposition model for its ability to simulate bioreactors that reduce agricultural nitrate pollution in rivers • Compiled background information and data for model use • Analyzed large datasets of simulated nitrogen output in comparison to measured nitrogen output • Calibrated the model to improve its effectiveness in practical application • Presented research at intern symposium



Illinois Natural History Survey

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Assistant

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2017

  Avian Ecology Lab • Assisted in a study concerning the effects of predators' olfactory senses on birds' nests • Reviewed video footage of birds’ nests, identified predators, and recorded data Aquatic Ecology Lab • Assisted in a study regarding the changing diet of salmon from Lake Michigan • Dissected salmon stomachs to identify, measure, and record prey species Avian Ecology Lab • Assisted in a study concerning the effects of predators' olfactory senses on birds' nests • Reviewed video footage of birds’ nests, identified predators, and recorded data Aquatic Ecology Lab • Assisted in a study regarding the changing diet of salmon from Lake Michigan • Dissected salmon stomachs to identify, measure, and record prey species