Professional Training and Experience

• Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
• Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
• PhD, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin
• BA, Microbiology, Ohio Wesleyan University

Research Interests

• Genetic and epigenetic regulation of Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
• Molecular and cellular mechanisms of HTLV-1 gene expression and transformation of host cells
• Retroviral oncogenesis

Selected Awards and Honors

• PLoS Pathogen Outstanding Young Investigator, International Workshop on Retroviral Pathogenesis, 2017
• REACH for Commercialization - Inspiring Female Entrepreneurship at OSU and Beyond, 2016