A PDF version of my CV is available here.

EDUCATION

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL, USA     September 2023 -- Present
Degree: Ph.D.; Chemical and Biological Engineering

University of Victoria

Victoria, BC, CAN     January 2020 -- April 2022
GPA: 8.0/9.0 (4.0 / 4.0 eqv.) [transcript]
Degree: Master's of Applied Science; Civil Engineering Major
  • (3x) University of Victoria Graduate Award

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, MI, USA     August 2016 -- April 2019
GPA: 3.6/4.0 [transcript]
Degree: Bachelor's of Science (honors); Chemistry major, Biology minor, Green Chemistry certificate

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids, MI, USA     August 2015 -- August 2016
GPA: 3.8/4.0 [transcript]
Degree: Associate's of Science (honors); General emphasis
  • President's List
  • Dean's List

East Grand Rapids High School

Grand Rapids, MI, USA     September 2011 -- May 2015
GPA: 3.7/4.0; 4.22 weighted
Degree: High School Diploma (honors)

RESEARCH

Argonne National Laboratory

Christopher Henry's group     June 2021 -- Present
  • Assistant Computational Biologist of metabolic models and ModelSEED and ModelSEEDpy resources.
  • Bioinformatician and database curator of openTECR.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jonathan Karr's Lab     December 2020 -- April 2022

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Reactive Transport Group with Sergi Molins     June 2020 -- October 2020

University of Victoria

Heather Buckley's Lab     January 2020 -- April 2022
  • Software engineer of simulations of bacterial biophysics and desalination geochemistry.

North Carolina State University & Shaw University

Lucian Lucia's Lab & GenoVerde BioSciences     May 2019 -- December 2019
  • Metabolic spectroscopist of Cannabis sativa hemp varieties.

Washington State University

Michael Wolcott's Lab     May 2018 -- August 2018
  • NSF REU fellow who developed photocatalyzed oxygen-scavenging materials from ethyl-cellulose.

Grand Valley State University

Dalila Kovacs' Lab     October 2016 -- June 2019
  • Bioanalytical chemist who investigated willow metabolomics for Green Chemistry applications as an alternative feedstock.

DISSEMINATION

Publications

Conferences

GitHub page

Highlighted Software

TEACHING

Instructor

UVic - CIVE 210 Sustainability in Civil Engineering Summer 2021

Teacher's Assistant

UVic - ECE 340 Applied Photonics and Electromagnetism Winter 2021
UVic - CIVE 345 Fluid Mechanics Winter 2021
UVic - CIVE 210 Sustainability in Civil Engineering Summer 2020
UVic - CHEM 150 Engineering Chemistry Laboratory Winter 2020
UVic - CHEM 102 General Chemistry Laboratory Winter 2020
Shaw University - CHE 351 Organic Chemistry Labratory Fall 2019
GVSU - CHEM 109 Introductory Chemistry Discussion Fall 2018

CRLA certified Tutor

Science - Organic and General Chemistry ; Classical mechanics ; General Biology 2017-2020
Math - Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus 2017-2020
Writing 2017-2018

ENGAGEMENT

Webmaster

Webmaster, ACS Division of Geochemistry 2022 - Present
Assistant Webmaster, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry 2020 - Present
Green Safe Water Lab 2020 - 2022

Science writer

The Sustainable Vegan 2019 - Present
Blue Zone Island Winter 2020

Science Fair Judge and Mentor

British Columbia Virtual Science Fair Summer 2020
Oakland Science and Engineering Fair Summer 2020
Science Olympiad competition Spring 2019

Science Demonstrator

SLAC "Science Accelerating Girls' Engagement in STEM" (SAGE-S) camp August 2020
"Fall in Love with STEM" Valentine's Day 2019
"Chemistry at the Mall" ACS event 2017-2018
Guest lecturer for a Green Chemistry course October 2017

EMPLOYMENT

Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market, Dairy department Associate May -- August 2016
East Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation "Safety Town" camp counselor ; sports score-keeper and referee June 2012 -- August 2015
Southern Little League, Baseball umpire June 2010 -- August 2010

PERSONAL

Volunteering

OpenAir Collective, Contributor Summer 2020 - Summer 2021
Green Wagon (organic) Farm field worker Summer 2016
Groundswell (organic) Farm, field worker Summer 2015
Heart's of Gold, Student representative 2012-2015
Church Volunteer 2009-2013

Hobbies

NYSE, Investor May 2016 - Present
Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Practitioner August 2015 - Present
Musician - Guitar, Bass, and Vocals 2012 - Present
Knight of Columbus, 3rd degree October 2018