Education

BS in Biochemistry

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2012

Cum laude, International Honors
Katherine Smith Reynolds Scholar

PhD in Molecular Genetics & Genomics

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2020

Experience

Postdoctoral Associate

Wake Forest University, 2020-present

Lab: James Pease, Biology
My current project uses genomic variation to understand the basis of thermotolerance in tomato. I have built a custom pipeline for analyzing and integrating genetic variants from WGS, RNA-seq, and other sequence data from hundreds of samples.

Graduate Research Assistant

Wake Forest University, 2013-2020

Lab: Gloria Muday, Biology
My PhD project combined genomics and wet lab techniques to uncover transcriptional controls of root response to the plant hormone ethylene in the model plant Arabidopsis.

Undergraduate Researcher

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2010-2012

Lab: Greg Raner, Biochemistry
I studied the activity of pharmacokinetically important cytochrome P450s and their inhibition by essential plant extracts.

University of Bristol, 2010

Lab: Chris Willis, Organic Chemistry
I worked on a novel synthesis of blepharocalyxin D.