I am a (soon to graduate) Ph.D. candidate, Siebel Scholar, and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT. In Katharina Ribbeck's lab, I study how unique molecules in mucus can be leveraged as antivirulence therapeutics to fight infections while circumventing antibiotic resistance. I am experienced in microbiology, glycobiology, synthetic biology, and protein engineering.I am broadly interested in understanding the mechanisms of environment- and community-dependent bacterial interactions to promote human health and sustainability.Before coming to MIT, I earned my B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Caltech and spent a year in Switzerland as a Fulbright Fellow at EPFL.