I would like to thank Megan Molinari for being my mentor through this process. Her support in my research process has been key to my success, and I look forward to working with her more, along with Suzanne Alonzo and other members of her lab, in my senior thesis project next year.
I also want to thank the Koret Foundation for funding this scholarship program. Without their generosity, I would not have been able to invest so much time and energy into this research. Their support of the sciences is very significant, and I appreciate the wonderful opportunity to get into scientific research that has been bestowed upon me.