I was born in Michigan in 1986 and remained there until my family moved to Arizona in 1996. I stayed in Arizona and attended Arizona State University, finishing with a degree in Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology. During that time I worked at the Biodesign Institute with Drs. Linda Lopez and Sasha Daskalova on research that focused on plant-based bioreactors and glycosylation. I joined the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences graduate program at Northwestern University and after completing my laboratory rotations during the first year chose the Amaral group to do my graduate studies with.
I am currently working on or have previously been involved with projects that focus on modeling the growth of bacteria with a phenomological model and determining metabolite conservation based on topological network properties. My scientific interests at large include, but are not limited to, analyzing cell dynamics based on biological networks, determining the minimal amount of biological material and information necessary to create a fully functional organism, and host-pathogen interactions.