Chicago, Illinois, United States
PhD candidate in Physical Chemistry at Northwestern University, continuing my education after earning a B.S. in Chemistry with Honors from the University of Notre Dame.
Developed and analyzed techniques for greater energy capture by perovskite solar cells and the subsequent transfer of that energy to molecules for use and storage. Two Papers to Check Out: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03144 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.4c00354
Thanks to the NSF IRES Fellowship, I traveled to Germany to enhance not only my chemistry skills but also my teamwork abilities in new environments. Primarily, I studied the use of photocatalysis and gold catalysis as a way to streamline syntheses and explored possible compounds useful in light-emitting diodes.
Studied and used archaeometry techniques to analyze isotopes in shells from Middle Grant Creek archaeological dig site concerning the climate of the period. Assisted with cataloging and preparing archaeological samples.
Performed protein purification and crystallography to efficiently grow structurally sound crystals of six neoantigens involved in the MHC TCR binding process. Solved structures of four of the six using X-ray crystallography and subsequently used those structures to test and train a novel software that aims to predict TCR binding affinity based on peptide structure.