Biography

Growing up in Clearwater Florida, I graduated from Harvard College in May 2014 with a degree in Chemistry. Throughout my time as an undergraduate, I was amazed by the power of organic chemistry to influence medicine. I focused my senior thesis on the activity of covalent modifiers, molecules whose unique chemical reactivity affords them a desirable biological effect. At Cambridge, I pursued an MPhil in Chemistry under the supervision of Gonçalo Bernardes, a Research Associate at Peterhouse College. My research at Cambridge focused on the chemistry used to modify proteins and develop targeted therapies, like antibody-drug conjugates, for the treatment of a variety of cancers. I am currently pursuing an M.D. Ph.D. at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, continuing my exploration of the intersection of chemistry and medicine. I hope to one day unite these disciplines to both help develop innovative therapeutics and uncover new insights regarding disease biology.