After completing my Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Biotechnology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, I stayed at Carleton to pursue a Ph.D. in Biology with Dr. Myron L. Smith. My doctoral work focused on nonself recognition in the model fungus Neurospora crassa, and during this time I was supported by competitive graduate awards, including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship and NSERC funding. I was also named a Young Ambassador of Science.

After my Ph.D., I joined Dr. Lingchong You’s group at Duke University as a postdoctoral researcher, where I used systems biology, synthetic biology, quantitative experiments, and mathematical modeling to study how bacteria respond to antibiotics and interact with one another. While at Duke, I was also selected as a Duke Scholar in Infectious Disease, which helped shape my interest in connecting basic microbiology to larger questions in infectious disease and translational research.

In 2012, I joined Nova Southeastern University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Since then, my lab has worked on questions related to antibiotic resistance, microbial metabolism, bacterial cooperation, biofilms, and polymicrobial communities. I have been fortunate to work with many talented undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, and I am especially proud of watching them publish their work, win research awards, and launch careers in medicine, science, industry, and beyond.

In 2022, I joined the Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at NSU, where I continue to lead an active research program and mentor students interested in discovery science, microbiology, and translational research. Our work combines experimental biology, quantitative thinking, and collaboration to better understand how microbes survive, adapt, and respond to treatment.

When I am not doing science, I enjoy running, building LEGO, and traveling.

A full list of my publications can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sZxE56UAAAAJ&hl=en