Education
BS, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
MSTM thesis mentor: Mustafa Raoof, MD
MSTM thesis project: Patient-derived organoids to guide therapy for peritoneal metastases
Fellowships, honors, awards:
2018 nanoSTAR Summer Undergraduate Research Stipend
Research/Professional Experiences:
Research Technician – Microbiology Laboratory, Specific Diagnositics, Mountain View CA
Undergraduate Research Student – Laboratory of Dr. Steven Caliari, University of Virginia
Near Peer Mentor – Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring MD
Publication:
Basurto, I.M., Mora, M.T., Gardner, G.M., Christ, G.J., Caliari, S.R. (2021) Aligned and electrically conductive 3D collagen scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering. Biomater Sci, 9: 4040-4053.