About

I’ve just graduated with my PhD from Virginia Tech’s Biological Systems Engineering department. My dissertation was about the molecular ways that an enzyme called cathepsin S selects its targets.

I’m interested in the structural biology and genetic diversity of our immune systems, host-pathogen coevolution, and how to build vaccines that work better for everybody.

When I’m not in the lab, you can find me doing portrait photography, or working on my educational board game about vaccine engineering. My words have shown up in the Durham Beat, Transpositions, and Scientific American. My photography has shown up in Teen Vogue, Triangle Guide, them.us and The Equation.