Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
Research Professor: Professor Ken Hsu

Biography

Rebecca is from Westchester, NY and graduated from Horace Greeley High School. She is graduating from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Chemistry, a B.A. in Psychology, and a minor in Biology.

Rebecca joined Dr. Ken Hsu's lab in the Department of Chemistry in January 2019. Her project focused on Transglutaminase 2-catalyzed serotonylation, a reaction which modifies scaffolding proteins and small G proteins for a wide range of downstream effects. She used activity-based protein profiling to work towards the first global profiling of serotonylation modification in the proteome, an important step for establishing potential sites for drug targeting.

Outside of lab, Rebecca is an avid member of HoosITS, UVA's broadway a cappella group, a tutor for student athletes, and the co-president of the Nu Rho Psi chapter at UVA. After graduation, Rebecca will be working as a postbac IRTA in the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology at the NIMH in Bethesda, MD. She plans to apply to graduate school for pharmacology after her postbac.