Welcome to my personal site!
I am an experienced biomedical scientist working at the intersection of biomaterials, tissue engineering and developmental biology. I have 8 years of experience in developing engineered in vitro cell/tissue models for modeling human lung disease and 3.5 years of experience in evaluating developmental cell signaling pathways in the lung.
I'm currently a Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Canada Fellow and the Jennifer and Robert Sturgess Fellow with CF Canada. I received my PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University, advised by Prof. David Kaplan. I completed my first postdoctoral traineeship in lung mechanobiology with Prof. Celeste Nelson at Princeton University.
Besides research, I enjoy running, spending time with my family, hiking and working on my car.
EDUCATION
Bachelor and Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering - 2009
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA)
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering - 2018
Tufts University (Medford, MA)
Tufts University (Medford, MA)
TRAINING
Postdoctoral Fellow - Chemical & Biological Engineering - 2018-2020
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Postdoctoral Fellow - Developmental & Stem Cell Biology - 2021 - Present
The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, ON)
The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, ON)