Computational Biology - Applications of coding languages in complex biological datasets and/or problems
Environmental Microbiology - The evolution of microbes and our co-existence with them
Inter- and Intra- Personal Communication - Conflict Management and Exceptional Relationships
College Course Instruction - Student Well-Being/Well-Becoming and Transition to College
Programming/Software: Python, R, C++, Git/GitHub, SimBiology, AlphaFold, Benchling
Laboratory: Site-directed Mutagenesis, Protein Expression, PCR, SDS-PAGE, RNAi, ELISA, Chromatography (Ni2+, size-exclusion), Transformations, CRISPR-Cas9, Cell and Tissue Culture, Gram Staining, Dissections, Solvent Extraction and Distillation
Other: Formal Engineering Report Drafting, College Course Teaching and Leadership, Conflict Resolution Techniques, Grading
Working as a Research Fellow as a part of the Colorado Summer Institute of Biostatistics, my team developed a clinical web app for the eXtraordinarY Babies Study, to track critical developmental milestones and use Generalized Additive Models to create 'progress percentiles' for clinicians to provide to parents.
Internship, School of Public Health at University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus.
June-August 2025
Collection of field samples in Edgar Mine to extract microbial genomic material, to identify potential organisms with plastic-degradation qualities or genes.
Class Research/Field Study, Field Session, Colorado School of Mines
May 2025
Development of novel mutation to leaf-branch compost cutinase (LCC) to compare PET degradation function to wild-type LCC.
Class Research, Field Session, Colorado School of Mines
May 2025
Coded differential equations (in Python) to fit common epidemiological parameters to real-life COVID-19 pandemic data, assessing model feasibility and expanding current findings.
Group Project, Quantitative Biology II, Colorado School of Mines
December 2024
Trained machine learning to predict heart disease in patient through common indicators such as cholesterol levels, age, and maximum heart rate.
Individual Project, Introductory Data Science, Colorado School of Mines
August 2024
Handling live Antarctic Echinodermata collected from diving expeditions; specimens were identified, photo-catalogued, and presevrved for further morphological study through the Natural History Museum, Los Angeles.
Field Study, Dr. Jeff Bozanic, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
December 2019