San Diego, California, United States
Hardworking and self-motivated PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program at UC San Diego School of Medicine. My research interests include cellular mechanisms of neurological disease, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and stem cell and regenerative therapies. My graduate thesis project investigates mechanisms underlying systemic mitochondrial impairments associated with aging and cognitive decline. I am interested in pursuing a career in industry focusing on novel neurological therapeutics.
PhD student, Anthony Molina Laboratory. Specific research interests include: mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease, age-related mitochondrial bioenergetics, compound screening through multi-omic approaches, and therapeutic target identification.
Established and direct the first Jewish graduate/medical student community through UCSD Hillel
Graduate intern in the NGTx (next-generation therapeutics) Neuroscience preclinical research team.
Derived dermal fibroblasts from human skin punch biopsies from clinical studies. Reprogrammed fibroblasts to iPSCs; directly convert (transdifferentiate) fibroblasts to induced neurons (iNs).
Molecular genetic strategies to combat Malaria and other vector-borne diseases. Analyzed mechanisms and efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 gene drive and reversal drive as an antimalarial approach; conducted multi-generation genetic crosses, cloning and sequencing experiments.