Educational Experience
I was homeschooled by my mom until I reached college. I attended Parkland Community College originally and graduated from there with an Associate in Science with Honors in 2017. I then transferred to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology with Academic Distinction in 2019.
During my senior year of college, I was an undergrad chemistry TA, teaching primarily general chemistry labs. After graduating, I continued working as a chemistry TA for an additional three years. I then entered the Biological Sciences Ph.D program at the University of Tulsa in Fall 2022.
Research Background
I was originally a pre-med major, so I did not pursue any research experiences during undergrad. After I started teaching chemistry, I decided I would rather continue studying science instead of applying to medical schools. I then worked in a neuroscience lab at UIUC for a brief period in addition to my job as a chemistry TA.
I am now a graduate student in Dr. Fakhr’s lab at the University of Tulsa, where we study foodborne pathogens. I’m currently working on writing my first literature review, and I am shadowing Dr. Karki to learn lab techniques as he studies the aerotolerance of Campylobacter bacteria.
Assignments
| Date | Name | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 8/29/22 | Github Intro & Portfolio | Assignment 1 |
| 9/5/22 | Portfolio | Assignment 2 |
| 9/12/22 | Regular Expressions | Assignment 3 |
| 9/26/22 | Tibbles | Assignment 4 |
| 9/26/22 | Tidyr and Merge | Assignment 5 |
| 10/11/22 | ggplot | Assignment 6 |
| 10/17/22 | GIS | Assignment 7 |
| 10/26/22 | AcuityView | AcuityView Assignment |
| 11/17/22 | Geomorph | Geomorph Assignment |
| 11/10/22 | Rentrez | Rentrez Assignment |
| 11/28/22 | R Packages | R Packages Lesson |