Overall, I love working with smart, creative teams to solve hard, meaningful problems. And I’m obsessed with making science and technology approachable, engaging, and impactful.
EXPERIENCES
Business Development, Zymergen | March 2018-Present
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Texas A&M University | August 2013-December 2017
Analyst, Accenture | August 2012-August 2013
High School Physics Teacher, Teach for America | June 2011-August 2012
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University | 2013-2017
B.S.E., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University | 2007-2011
AWARDS
University of Washington - Distinguished Young Scholar 2018, 2018 Society for Biomaterials - Student Award for Outstanding Research (Ph.D. Candidate), 2017 Texas A&M Graduate Student of the Year, Materials Research Society - Science as Art Award, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Texas A&M Diversity Fellowship, Texas A&M Merit Fellowship, TFA Transformational Change Award, Duke Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellowship
SERVICE
Citizen Schools – Science Club Leader (2014-Present), Texas Children's Hospital – Patient Pal(2014-Present), FIRST Robotics – Middle School Mentor (2013-2014)
SKILLS
Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, SolidWorks, Blender, Sketch, machine shop, CAD, Java, Matlab, R, HTML, Blender, parallel parking, The Office Trivia
