About

My interest in modeling biological systems began while I was an undergraduate researcher at Arizona State University studying methanotrophic bacteria. After receiving my BSE in chemical engineering from ASU, I wanted a deeper understanding of how microbial communities function and how they can impact human health. I completed a PhD in Quantitative and Computational Biology at Princeton jointly advised by Ned Wingreen and Mohamed Donia. In my doctoral research, I studied the impact of temporal variability on microbial communities in a variety of health-relevant contexts. During my PhD, I became interested in small molecule interactions between microbes and humans, leading me to an interest in the wider world of pharmacology. I am now a postdoc at Stanford working with KC Huang and Ben Good.