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Education
2016-Present
PhD. Candidate, Arking lab
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine

My work in the Arking lab focuses on using statistical models to understand the relationships between mitochondrial DNA copy number and nuclear gene expression. I also work on elucidating the relationships between mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and aging-related diseases.

2016-2017
Rotation student, Cutting lab
Compared normalization methods for RNA-sequencing using publicly available data from recount2.

Rotation student, Goff lab
Analyzed a single-cell RNA sequencing dataset using Monocle with the goal of understanding cortical development in mice and built shiny apps to allow for easy data visualization for a collaborator.

Rotation student, Lloyd lab
Identified genes of interest and performed a fly screen to examine potential modifier genes for C9 ALS.

Rotation student, Arking lab
Used plink to perform quality control on 1000 genomes data, extracted SNPs that separated certain ethnic populations, and evaluated dimensionality reduction methods.

2015-2016
NIH Postbac IRTA
Utilized the CRISPR/Cas9 system to edit induced pluripotent stem cells.

2011-2015
A.B. in Chemistry, Magna cum laude, ACS certified
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

2013-2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Bryn Mawr College
Synthesized ruthenium polypyridyl complexes and evaluated DNA intercalation and photocleavage ability.

2013
Intern, Naval Medical Research Center
Tested and compared sensitivity and specificity of primer sets for Trypanosoma cruzi.