2022
Awarded the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Canada Foundation's Research Fellowship and named the 2022 Jennifer & Robert Sturgess Fellow - Link
Co-authored research work from my Princeton Postdoc work is now published in the Journal of Development. Read more about how transmural pressure in the lung is linked to retinoic acid signaling. - https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.199726
2021
Started a new position as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Hospital for Sick Children (a.k.a SickKids), affiliated with the University of Toronto.
My co-authored research on how negative transmural pressure affects Fgf10 signaling is now published in the Journal of Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology - https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.725785
Appeared in the Triangle Business Journal along with the team at Bioaesthetics Corporation - Link
2020
Finished my postdoctoral training and started new position as Scientist @ Bioaesthetics Corporation - a startup that is working to commercialize a Nipple Areolar Complex (NAC) Graft for nipple reconstruction in breast cancer survivors
COVID PANDEMICy!!@W723EJKLJH
2019
Grant funding with my postdoctoral mentor Prof. Celeste Nelson picked up by Princeton University's news - Link
Bioengineered in vitro model showcasing fibroblast-foci like tissue for modeling pulmonary fibrosis. My graduate work is now published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01262
Started new position as T32 Postdoctoral Fellow Trainee @ New Jersey Center of Biomaterials (NJCB)
2018
Started postdoctoral work at Princeton University in the laboratory of Prof. Celeste Nelson
Successfully defended my PhD Thesis! YAY! Officially a PhD in Biomedical Engineering @ Tufts University.
Review article featuring different in vitro models used to study Pulmonary Fibrosis is now published in the Journal of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2017.12.013
2017
Poster presentation @ 2017 TERMIS - Americas Conference & Exhibition Charlotte, NC December 3–6, 2017
Graduate Student Travel Award Winner - for presenting my work at the TERMIS conference in Charlotte, NC
Co-authored research work on automated quantification of 3D collagen networks is now published in the Journal of Biomaterials - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.11.041
2016
Podium presentation @ 2016 TERMIS-AM meeting, San Diego, CA December 11-14
Phenol red-silk hydrogels that can sense pH in cell culture environments! Now published in the Journal of Acta Biomaterialia - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2016.06.020
Graduate Student Research Competition Winner - 3D printing lung tissues - Tufts University - Link
Graduate Institute of Teaching (GIFT) Fellow - Tufts University
2015
Poster presentation @ 4th TERMIS World Congress Boston, MA September 8–11, 2015
Poster presentation @ Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL October 7-10, 2015
2014
Research and Visualization Award -Tufts University
2012
Awarded Deans Fellowship - School of Engineering - Tufts University
Left my job at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to pursue PhD at Tufts University in Biomedical Engineering.
Featured with Dr. George Yancopoulos (CSO, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.) in the Westchester Business Journal - Link
2009
Started job at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Graduated Drexel University with BS/MS - Biomedical Engineering
Outstanding Student Leader Award - School of Biomedical Engineering - Drexel University
Pennoni Honors College Graduate - Drexel University