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B. S. in Biomedical Engineering

B. S. in Biomedical Engineering

Research Technician

• Development and testing of oral composite materials for prosthetic applications.
• Advised by Cori Ballard, D.D.S. and Kyumin Whang, Ph. D.

Teaching Assistant, Materials Science

• Instructed 30+ undergraduates on composite and polymer synthesis, analysis of material properties, and mechanical testing methods.
• Led lab sections, graded homework, facilitated review sessions, and proctored exams.

Clinical Engineering Intern

• Mapped unmet clinical needs among Pectus carinatum patients to develop novel on-the-fly brace calibration, prototyping MVP guided by ISO 13485 and 14971.
• Projected an altered patient Haller index of 0.2, leading to 30% decrease in treatment timeline.

Project Intern

• Conducted pilot study with 10+ bat and murine models, analyzing phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine degradation pathways during LC/MS extractions.
• Developed standard operating procedures to reduce lipid breakdown in biospecimens by up to 22.9% among 1700+ acquired samples.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Nanomaterial characterization and liposome formulation for targeted drug delivery.

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• Soft materials and wearable bioelectronics for medical diagnostic and drug delivery applications.

Anki Remote Controller

• Implemented and deployed 200+ lines of code for a professional school study aid with secure, rapid RF communications.

Reaction Time Datalogger

• Metrology based project to investigate calibration among reaction time devices for diagnosing mild traumatic brain injuries.

Biospecimen QA/QC in Lipidomic Extractions

• R21 study to map lipid metabolic pathways in hibernating E. fuscus and Sprague Dawley rats.
• Advised by Jeffrey Macdonald, Ph. D.

Re-imagining Treatments for Pectus Carinatum

• Developed a chest brace prototype for UNC Hospital clinicians to address shortcomings in data collection with current standards.

C. geographus-inspired Insulin Analogs

• Conducted computational simulations in PyMOL to engineer rapid pharmacokinetic properties of fish-hunting cone snail venom into a single-chain insulin analog.
• Tested 15+ energy-minimized drug candidate molecules for suitable receptor binding interactions in Autodock Vina and ClusPro.
• Predicted homologous structures from streptomyces FASTA sequences.

Basic Life Support - American Red Cross

Adult/Pediatric CPR and AED - American Red Cross

Onshape Fundamentals - PTC

• IPEP Distinguished Scholar - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

• Abrams Scholar - North Carolina State University, College of Engineering

Music Instructor

• 4+ hours weekly commitment to teaching Galamian-based classical music theory and performance for underserved K-12 students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System.
• Musical Empowerment @ UNC-Chapel Hill is an organization that provides music education for 140+ families, serving disadvantaged demographics in the music community.

Executive Officer

• Contracted sponsor agreements with local businesses and managed a $60,000+ budget from 2023-2025, negotiated 6+ sponsorship deals for non-dilutive funding.
• Led efforts with Triangle Ultimate to establish one of the first active HBCU ultimate frisbee clubs in North America.