current position

• Second Year Ph.D. Student at the Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign (since August, 2023). I am co-advised between Kai Zhang and Taras Pogorelov. Kai specializes in optogentics and cell signaling. Taras specializes in molecular dynamics of plasma membranes and protein dynamics.

previous positions

• Undergraduate researcher at California State University, Fullerton, advised under Dr. Wylie Ahmed in (January 2022 - May 2023).
• Visiting Student Researcher at Brandeis University (June 2022 - August 2022).

  Funded by the National Science Foundation, I particpated in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program advised under Dr. W. Benjamin Rogers.

• Undergraduate researcher at California State University, Fullerton, advised under Dr. Gina Passante (December 2020 - August 2021).

education

• Ph.D. in Biophysics and Quantitative Biology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (in progress).
• Bachelor's of Science in Physics with a minor in Mathematics and Cinema and Television Arts at the California State University, Fullerton (Completed May 2023).

----> check out my nonsensical academic work

skills & techniques

coding languages ⮯
• python, bash, C++, charmm++, git, LaTeX, markdown, html, css (although I'm clearly not a dev)
programs I use ⮯
• NAMD, GROMACS, VMD, PyMol, Alphafold2, Blender, windows/mac/linux systems (ubuntu/arch), jupyter lab/notebook, KiCad, QMK, Fiji (ImageJ), CellProfiler, PyDDM, github, AVRdude, MS products
lab knowledge ⮯
• cell culture (epitheial/neuron), virus culture (lentivirus/AAV), molecular cloning, western blot, diffusion assays, RNA prep, RNA-seq, PCR/RTqPCR, EV Purification
microscopy ⮯
• confocal, Minflux (super-res.), epi-fluorescence, TEM, live-cell, PICO, TIRF, spacial light modulation (Mightex)