- Summer Research Experience, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, Summer 2022 (10 weeks, full time),
Research Supervisor: Professor John Hanson
Project: A Chemoenzymatic Approach to the Synthesis of GlcNAc-MurNAc-pNP: A Chromophoric Lysozyme Substrate
Mutation of enzymes for synthesis of bacterial cell wall fragments. Proficient in: Autoclave, UV spectrometer, sonicator, centrifuge, plasmid prep kit, QuikChange mutagenesis kit, PCR machine, Presented scientific poster in fall 2022 research symposium
- Thesis Research Experience, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, Summer 2023 - Spring 2024,
Research Supervisor: Dan Burgard
Project: Wastewater-based epidemiology as a tool for evaluating the efficacy of the WA Safe Medication Return Program, and to determine opioid trends across WA
Quantification of opioids in wastewater using LCMS. Proficient in: liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (using QTOF), solid phase extraction procedures, Data processing using targetlynx software, analytical techniques. Presented scientific poster at Murdock conference (fall 2023), and ACS conference (spring 2024)