Biography

My work at Cambridge will focus on using x-ray crystallography to study the ribosome, a macromolecule responsible for synthesizing proteins in all cells across biology. During my last year as an undergraduate I synthesized a novel inhibitor that I hope to co-crystallize with the full ribosome. By determining the structure of this enzyme-inhibitor complex, I hope to address fundamental questions about how the ribosome catalyzes protein synthesis on a molecular level. The Gates Scholarship has given me the incredible opportunity to pursue this collaborative research at Cambridge with some of the world's experts in the field.