brief cv

PhD in Chemistry

California Institute of Technology

• Thesis advisor: Rustem F. Ismagilov
• Thesis committee: Zhen-Gang Wang (chair), David A. Tirrell, Julie A. Kornfield
• Thesis: How polymers shape the physicochemical environment of the gut
  • Thesis awarded Herbert Newby McCoy Award by Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering at Caltech

B.A. in Chemistry with highest honors, B.A. in Physics

Brandeis University

• Thesis advisor: Milos Dolnik
• Thesis: Growth dynamics of Turing Patterns in the photosensitive CDIMA reaction

Senior Computational Biologist I

Computational Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

• Working on collaborative research efforts between Alex Kentsis' team at the Tow Center for Developmental Oncology and Sohrab Shah and Andrew McPherson's team in Computational Oncology.
• Developing computational methods to define the genomics, proteomics, and evolution of cancers in children and young adults.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Biology, New York University

• Postdoctoral advisor: Edo Kussell
• Investigated the role of homologous recombination in microbial genome evolution using bioinformatics, computational biology, and population genetics.
• Applied a combination of bioinformatic, computational biology, and biophysical approaches to study how microbes use diversification mechanisms (i.e., stochastic switching and recombination) to adapt to fluctuating environments.

Graduate Research Assistant

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

• Postdoctoral advisor: Rustem F. Ismagilov
• PhD thesis: How polymers shape the physicochemical environment of the gut
• Studied how dietary and host-secreted polymers shape the physicochemical environment of the gut using tools from polymer physics

• LSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Simons Foundation Awardee of the Life Sciences Research Foundation

• Herbert Newby McCoy Award
  • In recognition of the most outstanding achievements in research by a graduate student in Caltech Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

• Caldwell CEMI Graduate Fellowship
  • Awarded by Caltech CEMI to graduate students doing exciting interdisciplinary research that has the potential to benefit society

• NSF GRFP
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (link )

• Schiff Memorial Award
  • Awarded by the Brandeis Division of Science to one or more students showing creativity and originality in science, fine arts, or archeology (link )