Mentor: Richard Roller, PhD

Fellowships: NIH T32, Training in Mechanisms of Parasitism , 2024 - 2026

Leadership & Professional Activites: 

• UIowa ASM Student Chapter - President, 2024 - 2026;  Secretary/Treasurer, 2023
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County - Mentor, 2023 – Present
• Microbiology and Immunology Retreat Committee - Member, 2024 - Present
• Women in Micro and Immuno Coffee Hour Committee - Member, 2022 - 2023
• University of Iowa Microbiology Graduate Student Association - Member, 2022 - Present
• University of Iowa Community Outreach and Enrichment Committee - Member, 2022 - Present

Professional Memberships:

• Pan American Society for Clinical Virology (PASCV) - Member, 2025 - present 

• American Society for Microbiology (ASM) - Member, 2022 - Present

Honors & Awards 

• Travel Award, Graduate Student Senate - 2026  
• Travel Award, Helen C. Levitt Center for Virology - 2024, 2025, 2026
• Best Poster, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Retreat - 2024