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B.S., 2012, Florida International University |
Research Interests |
I received my BS in Biology in 2012 from Florida International University. During my bachelor’s, I worked for four years in a research lab looking at the neuroethology of electric fish, specifically how changes in steroid hormones regulate aggressive behavior. Following graduation I joined a dual study-research program partnered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. I worked there for two years researching the molecular mechanisms of the disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Finally, I joined Stony Brook University School of Medicine in 2014 as an MSTP student. I joined Brian Sheridan's lab as a full-time PhD student in the summer of 2016 and am studying the role of CD4 memory T-cells in the intestines using an oral Listeria monocytogenes infection model system. My hobbies outside of school are keeping aquariums, hiking, birdwatching, and video games. |
Honors and Awards |
Medical Scientist Training Program fellowship, 2012 Advanced Research and Creativity in Honors Scholar, 2011-2012 1st Place prize for oral presentation, Florida International University Biomedical and Comparative Immunology Symposium, Miami FL, March 2011 1st Place prize for oral presentation in the field of physiology, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, St. Louis MO, November 2011 South East Alliance for the Graduate Education and the Professoriate Undergraduate Research Scholarship, 2010-2011 Minority Biomedical Research Support - Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (MBRS-RISE) Undergraduate Fellow, 2009-2012 Florida Academic Scholar’s Award, 2008-2012 Florida International University Presidential Scholar, 2008-2012 |
Presentations |
New England Science Symposium, Boston MA, March 2013 National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ogden UT, March 2012 Advanced Research and Creativity in Honors Conference, Miami FL, March 2012 Florida International University Biomedical and Comparative Immunology Symposium, Miami FL, March 2011 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, St. Louis MO, November 2011 MBRS-RISE Annual Symposium, 2011 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Charlotte NC, November 2010 MBRS-RISE Annual Symposium, 2010 MBRS-RISE Annual Symposium, 2009 |
