Graduate Students

Biophysics; Translational modifications on beta cardiac myosin.

Our lab examines the chemokines at atomic level to describe their interactions. Chemokines are a superfamily of small (6–10kDa) chemotactic cytokines that function in leukocyte trafficking, recruitment, and activation. We need chemokines to fight the infection, but they can also play a negative role by promoting autoimmune and allergic inflammatory reactions, cancer, atherosclerosis, or other […]

I was born and raised in Charlotte, NC, and have always had a strong fascination for the life sciences from an early age. Initially, I pursued a degree in Biochemistry and my initial exposure to research was working with drug discovery models in Glioblastoma Multiforme at Purdue University. I have since continued my educational journey […]