Biography

As an undergraduate studying chemistry and biology at the College of William & Mary, I have had the opportunity to pursue several different research projects that span a spectrum of subjects from developmental biology to physical chemistry. As I have worked to understand the mechanisms regulating stem cell maintenance or to develop an assay that assesses small molecule-microRNA interactions, I have been impressed by the power of scientific research to not only reveal new information about our environment, but also to integrate ideas from disparate disciplines to generate novel solutions for our most difficult problems. At Cambridge, I will work to further develop spectroscopic techniques for the study of protein aggregation relevant to Parkinson’s disease in the Laser Analytics research group in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. I am honored to be able to undertake this project with the support of the Gates community.