Education

• B.Sc., Chemistry, Central Washington University. Project: William O. Douglas Honors College Senior Thesis - Development of a Low Cost Instrument for Tap Water Lead Analysis; advisor: Dr. Tim Sorey
• PhD, Chemistry, University of Utah. Project: Analytical Methods in the Development of Immunometric Diagnostics; advisor: Dr. Marc D. Porter

Research Summary

I am a Research Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Marc Porter. My research is broadly focused on the development of diagnostic platforms and deployment of existing diagnostic modalities in a point-of-need context. Included in this work are fundamental studies on the reactivity of functionalized gold surfaces, with a specific interest in NHS ester-terminated monolayers.