NU Splash Biography

Brief Biographical Sketch:

Synthetic Biology is a lot of things: It's a growing field combining biology and engineering. It's a world view that struggles to determine what we know about living systems and how we can use those systems and tools to create something new. It's a scientific buzz word that has yet to determine it's legacy. It's a scary frontier of individuals manipulating living organisms.

More than anything else, synthetic biology is about helping bridge communities. The synthetic biology community has tried to be open about what it does with the public and encourages people to become involved in science. Through public lab space and DIY biology, synthetic biology has really lead the way in making science more accessible.

As a graduate student, I'm really excited at the role of synthetic biology as a tool to get people excited about science in general. I currently work on a construction and engineering of a biological tool that could reduce the financial and environmental cost of drug discovery and small molecule design. I'm very interested in Bio-hacking, DIY biology, and community labs.

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