Biography

I graduated from Salisbury University where I earned my B.S. in Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Biology. Graduating from the Bellavance Honors Program allowed me to explore other fields besides the sciences to gain a broader understanding of the world. As a freshman, I spent a semester in Ecuador learning Spanish and volunteering at a boy’s refuge center. By my sophomore year, I was actively involved in research in the organic synthesis of biologically active compounds at my home institution and abroad. My work on antitubercular compounds led to my first authorship in a publication in BMCL. I spent summer 2011 performing research in peptidomimetics at the École Normale Supérieure. In summer 2012, I worked on the synthesis of an inhibitor of a chemical warfare agent at the TU Kaiserslautern in Germany through DAAD-RISE. After earning my PhD in Organic Chemistry, I will pursue a research career in drug development with an emphasis on diseases in underdeveloped countries.