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Education&
University&of&Colorado&–&Boulder&(2014-&&&&)&
• Major:&Integrative&Ph ys io lo g y&&
• Minor:&Philosophy&
• Anticipated&graduation&date:&2018&
Extracurricular&Activities&
• Member&of&the&American&Medical&Student&Association&(AMSA)&~&2&years&
• Participant&at&Zenko&Kyudojo&Japanese&archery&
• Interm u ra l&B as ke t b all&( co -captain)&
Journal&and&Editorial&Positions&
• Founder&and&editor&in&Chief&of&the&Colorado&Undergraduate&Research&Journal&
(CURJ).&Pee r&re vie w e d &stu d en t&jo u rn al&fo c us in g&o n &res ea rch &d o n e&in &ST E M&fields.&
Research&Experience&
• Research&assistant&at&the&Molecular&Biology&of&Neurodegeneration&Laboratory&(May&
2015&-)&
o Researched&the&genetic&and&molecular&biological&mechanisms&behind&
neurodegenerative&pathologies,&with&a&primary&focus&on&Alzheimer’s&disease&
and&ALS&using&the&C.&elegans&model&
§ Some&Projects&Include:&
• Conducted&chemotaxis&assays&on&pan-neuronal&and&
muscular&expressed&amyloid&beta&C&elegans&strains&and&their&
effects&on&homeostasis&
• Integrat ed &e x tr ac h ro mosomal&GFP &flu orescen t&tag ged &
transgenes&into &C.&elega ns&
• &Testing&of&lipid&soluble&amyloid&beta&binding&dyes&in&C.&
elegans&
• Worked&on&Ethyl-Methyl-Sulfate&(EMS)&mutagenesis&screens&
to&discover&poss ible&sup p resso r&m uta tions &for&germ &line &
proliferation&genes&within&distal&tip&cell&affected&C&elegans&
strains&
• PCR&and&primer&design&
§ Advisor:&Christopher&D.&Link&Ph.D.&