Mentor: Frank Schroeder

Education:

SUNY Cortland – B.S. in Chemistry, 2018

Awards and Honors

• Arden P. Zipp Fellowship
• Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence
• Top graduating senior in chemistry (SUNY Cortland)
• Top research student in chemistry (SUNY Cortland)

Research Experience:

• Summer 2016-Spring 2018, Organic Synthesis Research, SUNY Cortland
  Supervised by Dr. Frank Rossi. Executed and optimized synthesis of natural products from Cactoblastis cactorum.
• Summer 2017-Spring 2018, Bioconjugation Research, SUNY Cortland
  Supervised by Dr. Frank Rossi, Dr. Christian Nelson. Focused on the design and preparation of a fluorescent probe for site-specific bioconjugation to a JC Polyomavirus capsid protein.

Current Research Activities: