Education & Professional Background

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Education Background

Undergraduate

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

B.S., Molecular Biotechnology, 2019

B.S., Clinical Laboratory Science, 2019

Graduate

North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Master of Microbial Biotechnology, 2025

Professional Background

North Carolina State University

Teaching Assistant - General Microbiology Laboratory, 2023 - Present

Instructing undergraduate student through an introduction to microbiology course.

Ceva Animal Health

I&D Technician II - Next-Generation Sequencing, 2021 - 2023

Developing, validating, and releasing global next-generation sequencing protocols for various pathogens that are problematic in the poultry and swine production industry utilizing molecular biology techniques such as: reverse transcription, PCR, qPCR, whole genome amplification, and sequencing using Oxford Nanopore technology.

The University of Kansas Health Systems

Medical Microbiologist - Department of Clinical Microbiology, 2019 - 2021

Utilizing automatized and manual techniques to identify and diagnose bacterial infections in clinical patients as well as determining bacterial susceptibilities to antibiotic drugs.