2025–present
Postdoctoral Associate, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Otto X. Cordero
I am a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Otto X. Cordero. I earned my Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, where I worked on tools for non-standard amino acid biosynthesis and for engineering microbes that rely on them.
Education and positions
2018–2024
Ph.D., Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Aditya M. Kunjapur. Thesis: “Engineering new tools for non-standard amino acid biosynthesis and reliance in microbes.”
2014–2018
B.S., Chemical Engineering
Magna Cum Laude. Advisor: Prof. Matthew DeLisa.
Fellowships and awards
2026
AIChE WIC Travel Award
2024
Saurabh A. Palkar Graduate Award for Mentoring
2022
GAANN Fellow for Inclusive Teaching in Chemical Engineering
2021
Fraser and Shirley Russell Teaching Fellowship
2018
Chemistry-Biology Interface Fellow
Future Faculty Workshop Participant
2024
Selected as a MIT Rising Star in Chemical Engineering
2024
Selected for NextProf Nexus
2024
Selected for WiscProf – Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop
Contact
I am on the faculty market for chemical engineering, environmental engineering or synthetic biology related positions. Please reach out if you would like to see my CV.
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