I am an Assistant Bioinformatics Scientist at the Emergent Lab in Emory University, with Dr. Timothy Read. I completed my PhD in Bioinformatics from the Vinatzer Lab at Virginia Tech, advised by Dr. Boris Vinatzer.
My research focuses on advancing methods for tracking disease outbreaks and studying the spread of pathogens. Currently, I am applying my knowledge to study the spread of antimicrobial resistance in clinical pathogens. During my PhD, I worked on pathogen identification using genomic and metagenomic sequencing data, for which I received the Outstanding PhD Student Award by the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences (SPES).