Aminah Coleman

Senior Biology Student and Karsh STEM Scholar K7 @ Howard University, Harvard Amgen Scholar 2026

Columbia, Maryland, United States

About

Experience

  • Summer Research Assistant at Harvard Medical School
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    As part of the Harvard Amgen Scholars Program, researching in Dr. Silvi Rouskin's lab studying RNA structure and long-distance RNA interactions in SARS CoV-2.

  • Teaching Fellow at National Education Opportunity Network
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

    Serving as a teaching fellow for two College Algebra classes at Howard University offered to high school students nationwide. Responsibilities include grading assignments each week, grading midterms and final exams, and hosting an online session each week to review material.

  • Research Assistant at Howard University
    Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Working under Dr. Christian Parry researching the structure of the iron transport protein Ferroportin using protein modeling and X-ray crystallography in order to further understand blood diseases such as Sickle Cell Anemia and HIV.

  • Summer Research Intern at Harvard Medical School
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    Researching in the Rouskin Lab at Harvard Medical School studying RNA structure using DMS-MaPseq.

  • Summer Research Intern at Boyce Thompson Institute
    Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 · 3 mos

    Working in the Heck Lab at the USDA-ARS/Cornell University studying plant pathology and virus vectors.