Graduate Student
Molecular • Cellular • and Developmental Biology
I grew up in Portland, OR and got my bachelor’s degree in biology at Whitman College in the tiny town of Walla Walla, Washington. As an undergraduate, I worked as an intern at the Weizmann Institute studying cardiomyocyte proliferation, and at the University of Missouri studying maize development. I also worked as a research assistant at Whitman College, mapping degradation domains of the plant hormone auxin. I joined the Brumbaugh lab in the spring of 2021, where I am studying mechanisms regulating cell fate decisions, including the role of alternative polyadenylation in development and reprogramming. When I’m not in the lab, I’m probably out running on a trail somewhere, biking, or skiing!