My Journey

Post-doctoral research with David Walt in Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and Harvard Medical School.

PhD in Chemistry at California Institute of Technology with Rustem Ismagilov. Thesis: “Bioanalytical tools to develop rapid diagnostics and study physiology.”

Engineers without Borders in Nepal, in partnership with Namsaling Community Development Center at Ilam District Hospital.

Double BA at University of Colorado – Boulder in Biochemistry and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and minor in Chemistry. Magna cum laude. Thesis: “On the synthesis of 5-position modified 2′-deoxynucleotides” with Bruce Eaton.