I am a research scientist, computational biologist and cytomery enthusiast, specializing in high-parameter spectral flow cytometry, from panel design through unsupervised analysis.

My research interest lie at the intersection of high-dimensional cytometry, computational biology, and statistics. I seek to push spectral flow cytometry to its technological limits, while developing software tools to enable it to realize its full biological discovery potential. I advocate for open-source and open-science, and have a passion for teaching and training others.

I am currently a research fellow at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center Flow Cytometry Shared Resource under the supervision of Dr. Xiaoxuan Fan. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore under the supervision of Drs. Cristiana Cairo and Kirsten Lyke.. My thesis project focused on understanding the impact that prenatal exposure to maternal viral load and antiretrovirals has on Innate-like and Adaptive T cells of HIV-exposed Uninfected Infants at birth and during early life.

When not in lab (or thinking about autofluorescence), I enjoy birding, trail running, kayaking, coffee, learning new languages and have occasionally had a plant survive my summer gardening attempts.