EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Biology, Northeastern University B.S. cum laude in Biology, Bucknell University PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Director, Translational Medicine AstraZeneca, Boston R&D, MA. Principal Scientist, Translational Genomics Jounce Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA. Postdoctoral Scientist AstraZeneca, Boston R&D, MA. Specialization: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Liquid biopsies, Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)/Circulating free (cfDNA) Pre-doctoral Researcher, Department of Biology Northeastern University, Boston, MA Advisor: Dr. Joseph Ayers, Specialization: Genomics, Bioinformatics, RNA-Seq, Neuroscience Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Biology Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA Advisor: Dr. Matthew McTammany |
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer and Invited Speaker, 2014-present Macrophage-directed Therapies Summit 2022, Adenosine-Pathway Immunotherapy Summit 2022, Northeastern University, Rhode Island College, Boston Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, NEOSEC, Boston Pharma & pBRANE Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, 2010-2015 Northeastern University, Boston, MA Courses: Molecular and Genetic Biology, Animal Physiology, Principles of Biology Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, 2006 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA Course: Population & Community Ecology Volunteer instructor, presenter, and other outreach for K-12 groups: Girls Inc. Afterschool Science Program (Lynn, MA), Science Club for Girls Summer Camp (Newton, MA), Swampscott High School (Swampscott, MA), NU Marine Science Center Outreach (Nahant, MA), Cambridge Science Festival (Cambridge, MA). HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Featured in 'Innovators: 13 under 35', Bucknell Magazine (2020) 'Great Science' Award (1 per year across company), Jounce Therapeutics (2018) Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Northeastern University (2015) Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Leadership, Northeastern University (2012) |