Biography
I am a first-year PhD student in chemical engineering at Cornell University. I grew up in central New Jersey and became interested in science in high school after taking required math and basic science courses. I studied biophysics as an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, and had the chance to carry out computational research in condensed matter physics. My desire to do more practical research led me to study synthetic bistable genetic circuits in E. coli cells at the University of Michigan. This work eventually led to a master's degree (also in biophysics). While at Michigan, I taught and tutored students in introductory college chemistry. This experience got me interested in science education.
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