Biography

I received five years of postdoctoral training in the Laurie Lab at the University of Virginia's Department of Cell Biology following my Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Temple University, Philadelphia. Currently, I serve as a Research Scientist in the Pires Lab at the University of Virginia’s Department of Chemistry. As a chemist, my research is dedicated to combating World Health Organization-priority pathogens through unbiased virulence factor screening integrated with a novel antibiotic discovery library. My long-term goal is to establish a leading research laboratory focused on chemistry-driven antimicrobial development against multi-drug-resistant pathogens in host systems. I have developed extensive expertise across multiple chemical and biological disciplines, including chemistry, biophysics, chemical biology, and microbiology.