Me (pictured in green on right) with the Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. team based in Durham, NC.
During 2025, I participated in an internship in regulatory affairs with Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. Here are some tasks I assisted in during my time as an intern:
Prepared submission dossiers for product registration with the EPA and individual states
Analyzed data gaps in dossiers to prepare for submission
Accounted funds to be used for product registrations and state tonnage fees
Reduced risk of data submission by doing due diligence with product chemistry and toxicology data
Revised CSFs to comply with regulatory requirements
My teaching lab at NC State University.
Facilitated lab sessions for Elements of Genetics Lab (GN 312)
Taught genetic techniques including DNA isolation, purification, PCR, and sanger sequencing
Graded students’ electronic lab notebooks and project-related assignments for 40 students
Enforced lab safety procedures to ensure a safe learning environment
Encouraged lab work documentation to increase reproducibility of student research
Optimized protocols for educational outcomes
Tobacco research field at Central Crops Research Station in Clayton, NC.
Worked in a lab developing low-nicotine and low-carcinogen varieties of GMO tobacco
Conducted high-throughput DNA isolation and 96-well plate PCR protocols
Formulated culture media for tissue samples and polyacrylamide gels for electrophoresis
Prepared plant tissue samples for agrobacterium-mediated transformation
Plated transgenic tissue samples in a biosafety cabinet to minimize contamination