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Education
2021 - 2025
Stanford University
Bachelor of Science with departmental honors
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Major: Biology with focus in Ecology, Evolution, and Sustainability
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GPA: 3.85/4.0
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Senior Thesis: Understanding The Impact of Arrival Order on Ectomycorrhizal Competition and Host Plant Growth, Advised by Professor Kabir Peay
https://doi.org/10.25740/sd960nq2534
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Awarded the Angela Lee Undergraduate Research Award for most outstanding poster presented at the annual Achauer Undergraduate Honors Symposium
2025 - Present
University of Cambridge
Master of Philosophy in Plant Sciences
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Advised by Professor Uta Paszkowski
Research Experience
2021 - Present
Stanford University
Professor Kabir Peay
Self-Guided Research and Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Self-Proposed Thesis title: Understanding The Impact of Arrival Order on Ectomycorrhizal Competition and Host Plant Growth (2024 - Present)
https://doi.org/10.25740/sd960nq2534
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Self-Proposed Research Project: Childhood Friends: Understanding the Impact of Serpentine Soils on Young and Mature Oak Mycorrhizal Communities
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Assisted postdoc Dr. Louis Berrios with research on plant-microbe interactions through bacterial isolation and culturing, and figure-making in R.
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Assisted Prof. Claire Willing with plant soil feedback research with sample analysis through mass spectrometry.
2021 - Present
Jasper Ridge Oakmead Herbarium, Stanford University
Professor Kabir Peay
Self-Guided Research
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Proposed and created the Jasper Ridge Oakmead Herbarium fungarium collection
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Created collection methodology and process to prioritize sample longevity and usage for future research projects on Jasper Ridge fungal biodiversity
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Created a comprehensive framework for future collectors and collected 10+ specimens for fungarium collection
Link to my fungairum observation guide pdf
2021 - 2025
Stanford University
Professor Tim Stearns
Self-Guided Research and Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Developed a chytrid fungus timelapse method that has been shared and used by other chytrid researchers. Professor Alex Long will use this method in her new lab in the University of Kentucky.
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Proposed and executed project on freshwater chytrid fungus isolation and identification from Jasper Ridge
Biological Preserve