Creative Solutions in Chemistry

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Chemistry, BA - Whitman College (2022-2026)

CA Gold Seal Merit Diploma - Leland High School (2018-2022)

CS-215 - Data Science

Final Project - Cluster & PCA Analysis of Chem Libretexts Bookshelves, an Analysis of Inequity in Opensource Chemical Textbooks
Interactive Modeling of 2021 Wildfire Incident Locations, built in Observable Java
Modeling of Relative Location Data using Plotly, calculated with Haversine

Hypothesized 90% of timestamped location data within 3km of Whitman College’s Olin Hall @46.0728341,-118.3290384

Resulting percentage was ~70% of timestamps within 3km, hypothesis failed

CHEM-490 - Chemistry Senior Thesis

Computational Analysis of Metal-Dependent Structural Variations of Acireductone Dioxygenase Enzymes

Research Assistant @ Whitman College - Computational Inorg. Biochemistry

Metal-Dependent Structural Comparisons of Acireductone Dioxygenases: A Computational Study

Research Assistant @ San Diego St. University - Bacterial Metabolomics

Life Under Extremes: Melanin-Mediated Adaptations and Interactions in Arid Soil Microbial Communities

Research Assistant @ Whitman College - Physical Organic Chemistry

Summer research continued in Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Accessible Solvent Effects on Spontaneous Diphenylalanine Nanostructure Formation for Undergraduates

National Interfraternity Council

Hosted several substance abuse and sexual assault prevention workshops and presentations for Greek Life to audiences of over 100 students, faculty members and members of the local community.
Officially established a permanent Interfraternity Council scholarship program, expanding and facilitating the use of established resources such as Whitman’s “Brotherhood fund” to support incoming freshmen.
Reconnected Whitman IFC with nationals, revising previous bylaws to reflect national standard operating procedures.
Organized and ran a number of successful fundraising and service events to give back to the community, both in Walla Walla and nationally through Panhellenic’s Circle of Sisterhood.
Led talks and efforts to align Greek organizations with the interests of the neighboring community to improve daily life and the reputability of our organizations on and around our houses.

Phi Delta Theta

Served as Philanthropy Chair, raising money for ALS research with the Live Like Lou foundation.
Served as Housing Manager, working as a facilities liaison and organizing house cleanup and maintenance.