Alex Mullins grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia where she also attended West Virginia University (Let's Go Mountaineers!). She majored in Chemistry, and minored in Business Administration & Tailgating Football Games. After studying new trifluoromethylation chemistry as an undergraduate in Dr. Jessica Hoover's lab, she continued her development as a researcher by pursuing graduate studies at UNC Chapel Hill. In the Waters group, Alex finds methods for binding methylated arginine selectively in the presence of other competitive post translational modifications. Alex has been involved with various UNC organizations during graduate school including Science in the Stacks, The Pipettepen Blog, and the Pre-Graduate Education Advisor Program. Her hobbies outside of the lab include hiking, backpacking, knitting, reading, Netflix, and eating. She is interested in pursuing a career in technology transfer.