Experience

  1. Doctoral Candidate

    The Jackson Laboratory & Tufts University
    • Develop high-quality estimates of mutation rate variation in mouse populations.
    • Explore molecular phenotypes related to reproductive health and infertility.
  2. Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Tufts University
    Taught bioinformatics and genomics, mentoring students in computational biology.

Education

  1. PhD Genetics, Mammalian Genetics

    Tufts University & The Jackson Laboratory
    Research focuses on mutation rate variation and infertility in genetically diverse mice using bioinformatics approaches. Member of the Dumont Lab.
  2. MS Biology, Evolutionary Biology

    George Mason University
    Thesis on phenological shifts in plant and insect reproductive timing due to climate change using herbarium specimens and community science data. Supervised by Dr. Rebecca Forkner.
  3. BS Biology, Environmental and Conservation Biology

    George Mason University
    Coursework in ecology and environmental biology, with a focus on long-term ecological data analysis.
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python
R
Genomics Pipelines (e.g., Bowtie2, bcftools)
Data Science
Soft Skills
Teaching & Mentorship
Science Communication
Collaborative Research
Awards
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
National Science Foundation ∙ January 2019
ACM SIGHPC Computational & Data Science Fellowship
ACM SIGHPC ∙ January 2020
Languages
100%
English