I got my B.S. in Biochemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019. There, I worked in many labs that cultivated my love for Chemistry:

1) I started in an Organic Chemistry lab under Dr. Pamela Pollet and Dr. Charles Liotta where I investigated the synthesis of a pre-biotic chemical, glyoxylate. 

 2) Later, I realized my interest in Analytical Chemistry and joined Dr. Amanda Stockton's lab working on Astrobiology research through her NASA funded FELDSPAR project working to help suggest best practices for the Mars Rover to sample the Martian surface in its search for signs of life. I also worked with her grad student, Dr. Marshall K. Seaton, on his NASA FINESST project in method development for biosignature detection for amino acids using a Capillary Electrophoresis instrument.

 3) My last year of undergrad, I started working for Dr. Britney Schmidt on her NASA funded VERNE and OAST projects.  VERNE was a concept mission to reach the subsurface water on Europa and I was a part of the science team for the instrument suite. For OAST, I assisted in developing a miniaturized Electrodialysis instrument for space flight with Dr. Frances Bryson and helped current graduate student, Taylor Plattner, and past graduate student, Dr. Justin Lawrence, bring Ion Selective Electrodes online and prepare for their use during field work.

4) I also interned with Dr. Christopher Carr while he was running his Molecular Biology and Astrobiology group at MIT the summer of 2019. I helped develop a DNA extraction protocol for extremely low biomass samples from the Atacama Desert for Mars' analog research.

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I am currently working on my Ph.D. in the Department of Geology at the University of Maryland, College Park with Dr. Vedran Lekić (UMD) & Dr. Jill Mikucki (UTK).

Come back later for project updates!