I earned my doctorate in marine microbiology from the University of
Rhode Island in 2010. I joined the CIDAR lab under the guidance of Prof.
Douglas Densmore at Boston University as a postdoctoral researcher in
synthetic biology and later served as the Executive Director of the
Center of Synthetic Biology at BU. During my time at Boston University,
I mentored and trained over 40 undergraduate and graduate students and
also ran the university’s iGEM teams for four years. I joined the iGEM
Foundation in the spring of 2015 as a Science and Technology Fellow, was
later promoted to the Director of Technology, and finally served as the
Director of the Competition. In this role, I oversaw all aspects of the
iGEM Competition and worked to ensure that every team from around the
world had a successful and fulfilling iGEM experience.
In August 2022, I joined Asimov as the Director of Community. With this
role, I’ll be working on a variety of topics and activities that focus
on engaging with our company and customer communities, as well as the
synthetic biology community at large.