Post Masters Research Associate
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I am a goal oriented researcher, who enjoys working in the lab. I have 10 years of laboratory experience. I am a team player who enjoys helping my fellow laboratory colleagues.
Post Masters Research Associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2025-01 – 2025-12)
Laboratory Manager/Staff Scientist at Baylor University (2022-01 – 2025-12)
Focus 1: Assisted in the move and start-up of the Wright Lab at Baylor University. Provide initial training for new laboratory staff and students. Oversee student projects and daily activities. Manage IACUC and IBC protocols and submissions.
Establish procedures for management and use of laboratory equipment. Assist in the management and updates of the laboratory manuals and standard operating procedures. Serve as the compliance officer by interpreting rules, regulations, and policies for the laboratory and maintain compliance.
Assisted in the creation and maintenance of the Wright Lab website. Oversee laboratory inventory. Focus 2: Conduct independent research on the role the gut microbiome has on acute and subchronic exposures to a mixture of PAHs in mice.
Collaborating on isolating proteins from local wastewater treatment facilities for proteomic analysis. Independently design and perform experiments. Write manuscripts and facilitate proposal development.
Master's Intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory & Washington State University (2018-01 – 2022-12)
Determined the role of the gut microbiome in xenobiotic metabolism using activity-based protein profiling. Identified specific cytochrome P450 enzymes directly regulated by the gut microbiota. In addition, identified interindividual variability in the rate of metabolism and active liver and intestinal cytochrome P450s throughout development using hepatic human microsomes.
Post-Bachelor Research Associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2017-01 – 2018-12)
Design of numerous host plasmids, onboarding of a novel chassis for microbiome remodeling, and optimization of genetic transformation protocols.
Post-Bachelor Research Associate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2016-01 – 2017-12)
Focus 1: Microbially induced co-precipitation of iodate and technetium with calcium carbonate, zero valent iron and sulfur modified iron using Hanford isolates. Focus 2: Tested the stability of lab produced calcite under varying alkalinities, and determined iodine redox potentials in bacteria isolated from Hanford sediment.
Undergraduate Research Intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2015-01 – 2016-12)
Focus 1: Microbial reduction and immobilization of radioisotopes present in the groundwater at the Hanford Site. Focus 2: Isolation and characterization of lignocellulosic and fermentative microbes for bioenergy production from carbon rich waste feedstock.
DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2015-01 – 2015-12)
Isolation and characterization of extra- and intercellular enzymes from thermophilic lignocellulytic degrading microbes for use in bioenergy production using carbon rich waste feedstocks.
DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2014-01 – 2014-12)
Isolation and characterization of lignocellulolytic bacteria for bioenergy production from the Alvord desert basin, a tectonically driven hot springs.
Master's in Biological Systems Engineering – Washington State University (2023-12)
B.S. in Biology – Washington State University (2016-12)
A.A.S in Biology – Columbia Basin College (2011-12)
