Mentor: Frank Schroeder

Education:

Indiana University – B.S., Biochemistry (2023)

Awards and Honors

• IU Hutton Honors Scholarship (2019-2023)
• Provost Scholarship (2019-2023)
• Enola Van Valer Trafford Scholarship for Excellence in Chemistry (2021-2021)
• J.B. Schwartzkopf Scholarship (2023)

Research Experience:

• J.P. Gerdt’s lab at Indiana University (Aug 2021-July 2023) – on the discovery and characterization of chemical inhibitors for bacterial anti-phase defense systems
• Internship in Manufacturing and Quality Sciences at Eli Lilly and Co. (May 2022-Aug 2022) – working on improvements to headspace GC methods for increased resolution and sensitivity to identify unknown peaks

Current Research Activities: