CV

ORCID 0000-0003-1763-3325

Research appointments

• 2021–nowPostdoctoral Research Associate, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Institute for Systems Genetics
  Advisors: Timothée Lionnet and Liam Holt
• 2015–2021Graduate Student, University of Florida College of Medicine
  Advisor: Eric Wang. Thesis: Mechanisms of RNA transport in skeletal muscle
• 2013–2015Undergraduate Research Student, University of Florida
  Advisor: Brian Harfe. Thesis: Mechanisms of Robo receptor function in intervertebral disk development

Education

• 2021PhD, Biomedical Science, University of Florida College of Medicine
• 2015BS, Chemistry, University of Florida

Other research experience

• 2024Visiting Scientist, lab of Alex Holehouse, WashU School of Medicine, St. Louis
• 2023Summer Research Associate, labs of Liam Holt, Clifford Brangwynne and Joshua Rosenthal, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
• 2023Post-course research (MBL Physiology), lab of Clifford Brangwynne, Princeton University
• 2022Physiology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
• 2016Soft Lithography for Microfluidics Course, Georgia Institute of Technology

Fellowships & awards

• 2026Best poster, Function without Form: Disordered Proteins Workshop
• 2021Albert Einstein College of Medicine Tishman Fellowship (declined)
• 20203rd place, trainee short talks, CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network Annual Meeting
• 2020Bronze Medal, University of Florida Medical Guild Research Competition
• 2015–2018University of Florida Grinter Graduate Fellowship

Talks

• 2026Function without Form: Disordered Proteins Workshop, Syracuse, NY
• 2026Institute for Systems Genetics Retreat, New York, NY
• 2024Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Les Diablerets, CH
• 2024Special Seminar, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, WashU, St. Louis, MO
• 2022EMBO Workshop on RNA Localization and Local Translation, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, ES
• 2022Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• 2021RNA Society Annual Meeting, virtual
• 2021Southeastern Translational Cell Biology Symposium, Gainesville, FL
• 2020CZI Neurodegeneration Challenge Network Annual Meeting, virtual
• 2019FASEB RNA Localization and Local Translation Conference, Aspen, CO
• 2019Florida Translational Cell Biology Symposium, Gainesville, FL

Posters

• 2026CSHL Single Biomolecules, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
• 2026JAX-NYSCF Translational Stem Cell Research Conference, New York, NY
• 2026Function without Form: Disordered Proteins Workshop, Syracuse, NY
• 2024Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Les Diablerets, CH
• 2023CSHL Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Transcription, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
• 2022EMBO Workshop on RNA Localization and Local Translation, Sant Feliu de Guíxols, ES
• 2022Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• 2019FASEB RNA Localization and Local Translation Conference, Aspen, CO
• 2019American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
• 2018Gordon Research Conference on Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation, Newry, ME
• 2018University of Florida Center for Neurogenetics Brainstorm Symposium, Gainesville, FL
• 2017EMBO Workshop on RNA Localization and Local Translation, Barga, IT
• 2016RNA Metabolism in Neurological Disease, San Diego, CA
• 2014University of Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, FL

Mentoring

• 2021–nowNongyun Wang, MSc NYU Tandon; now PhD candidate, NYU Tandon
• 2023–nowDevi Chirumamilla, undergraduate, NYU Tandon
• 2023–2025Rashmi Mohotti, MSc NYU Tandon; now PhD candidate, UVA
• 2021–2023Siddhi Bhutada, MSc NYU Tandon; now PhD candidate, U Manchester
• 2021–2023Finnegan Clark; now MD student, Vanderbilt
• 2021–2023Angelina Ziarno; now MD student, Penn
• 2019–2021Zhuangyue Li, PhD; now postdoc, UC Irvine
• 2019–2021Leanne Adams, research assistant
• 2017–2021Kiril Poukalov, PhD; now postdoc, UT Southwestern
• 2017–2021Juan Arboleda, PhD; now postdoc, UC Irvine