Curriculum Vitae
Academic and professional history.
Professional Experience
Research Assistant Professor
June 2026 - PresentUniversity of Florida
Integrating microbial genomics, bioinformatics, and environmental surveillance to track pathogens and improve infectious disease monitoring.
NLM Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow
May 2024 - 2026Rice University
Developed software and analyzed gut microbiome samples to improve functional assignments from 16S sequencing; scaled genomic data processing on high-performance computing systems.
Postdoctoral Fellow
January 2024 - 2026Houston Methodist Research Institute
Performed sequencing experiments and analysis on gut microbiome samples to study neurological conditions, and developed Oxford Nanopore data-processing pipelines.
Anatomy and Physiology Graduate Teaching Assistant
August 2021 - December 2023Clarkson University
Taught human anatomy and guided upper-level biology students through physiological measurements and research studies using ADInstruments hardware and software.
Microbiology Intern
June 2023 - August 2023NASA Johnson Space Center
Extracted DNA and performed long-read sequencing on dust returned from the International Space Station; contributed to Oxford Nanopore bioinformatics pipelines.
Product Development Intern
May 2020 - August 2020EnviroLogix
Developed antibody–nanoparticle conjugates for rapid mycotoxin detection assays and improved assay detection limits using novel nanoparticle technology.
Education
PhD in Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Biotechnology
December 2023Clarkson University Graduate School
Researched applications of Nanopore sequencing for environmental microbiome characterization.
BSc in Biomolecular Science
May 2020Clarkson University
Minor in Biomedical Engineering.
Skills
- Programming: R, Bash, and Python
- Sequencing: Sanger, Illumina, and Oxford Nanopore
- Bioinformatics: Nanopore basecalling, 16S rRNA classification, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and MAG construction
- Wet lab: Bioaerosol sampling, nucleic acid extraction, RT-PCR, mRNA isolation, and long-read sequencing
- Computing: High-performance computing and scalable genomic data processing