About Me
As a PhD candidate nearing graduation, my research focuses on better understanding tumor-immune interactions, immune presentation, T-cell targeting, and antigen mimicry. I’ve worked on a wide variety of projects including the development of an open-sourced tool for predicting cleavage sites in epitope precursors, the characterization of patient neoepitopes in cancer biopsies, and the analysis of single-cell transcriptomic profiles from cancer patients receiving immune-based therapies. Although many of my projects are cancer focused, the core of my work has applications in other fields such as infectious disease and autoimmunity.
As I transition from my PhD work into a long-term career, I’m passionate about continuing to tackle challenging problems in the immunology, cancer biology, and human disease spaces. I’m dedicated to team science and looking forward to working with other passionate scientists, whether that be in industry or beyond.
In my free time I enjoy camping, hiking, cooking, and travel. Last year I also started a garden with plans to expand this year. As with work, I enjoy experimenting in my hobbies - everything from making pasta with different types of flour to developing my own instant camping meals.