About

Bio in brief:

Current position:

• NIH K00 Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA); advised by Dr. Paul Valdmanis

Previous position:

• • Neuroscience PhD Candidate and NIH F99 Fellow at Washington State University (Pullman, WA); advised by Drs. Emily Qualls-Creekmore and Gary Wayman

Research interests: 

• • Alzheimer's disease,  dementia, genetic regulation, appetite, obesity, cachexia

National research awards:

• • 2017 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar

  • 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention

  • 2020 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Awardee 

  • 2022 NIH D-SPAN F99/K00 Awardee

Local research awards:

• • 2016 Washington State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Undergraduate Fellowship Awardee

  • 2017 Washington State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Undergraduate Fellowship Awardee

  • 2019 Washington State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Graduate Fellowship Awardee

  • 2019 Poncin Fellowship Awardee

  • 2021 Richard R. and Constance M. Albrecht Scholarship Awardee

Other information:

• • Amateur cookie baker

  • Phoebe dog's human, pictured below

  • Science outreach organizer