CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (In progress) Research Advisor: Dr. Kent Chapman
University of North Texas
B.A. in Biology, summa cum laude (May 2014) Minor in Chemistry, Honors College Recognition
University of North Texas
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Cell Biology Laboratory (August 2014 to present)
University of North Texas
Research Experience
Undergraduate research- Chapman Lab, University of North Texas (August 2013 to May 2014)
- Production of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana
- Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of mutant plants
- Confocal microscopy
Graduate research- Chapman Lab, University of North Texas (August 2014 to present)
Current research interests:
• Lipid droplet biogenesis, accumulation, and turnover
• Biochemical and microscopic analysis of lipids in plants
• Confocal microscopy
• Autophagy in plants
Presentations
Expression of Mus musculus Fat-Storage Inducing Transmembrane Protein 2 (FIT2) in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana Promotes Lipid Droplet Accumulation. Poster presented at Southern Section –ASPB Conference 2016 and Plant Biology 2016 Conference
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