About me:

I am a 28 year old PhD candidate at the University of Georgia studying and developing methods to visualize, enumerate and phenotype Artemisinin-induced dormant Plasmodium falciparum. In March of 2020, I purchased my first home and currently spend most of my time working on small rennovations and projects. My favorite activies are estate sale shopping, gardening and hiking. I have two special needs cats, one diabetic and one semi-feral. I am a sucker for an animal in need and consequently have three rescue reptiles and an ex-lab experiment axolotl. My ball python, my bearded dragon, my leapord gecko, my axolotl and my horde of plants keep me busy when I am not in the lab. When I was younger I spent most of my time at the barn riding my horse, Major Paid Holiday (Doc), who is currently retired and loves when I visit him with carrots. Thank you for checking out my website!

Featured Publications

Immune-mediated hookworm clearance and survival of a marine mammal decrease with warmer ocean temperaturesIncreases in ocean temperature are associated with changes in the distribution of fish stocks, and the foraging regimes and maternal attendance patterns of marine mammals. However, it is not well understood how these changes affect offspring health and ...

D-Amphetamine Exposure Differentially Disrupts Signaling Across Ontogeny in the Zebrafish - PubMedBackground: Prescriptive and illicit amphetamine (AMPH) use continues to increase along with the likelihood that during an individual's lifetime, the drug deleteriously influences the growth and connectivity of behavior circuits necessary for survival. Throughout ontogeny, neural circu …

Synthesis of Mono- and Bis-peroxide-bridged Artemisinin Dimers to Elucidate the Contribution of Dimerization to Antimalarial ActivityDuring the past decade, artemisinin as an antimalarial has been in the spotlight, in part due to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Tu Youyou. While many studies have been completed detailing the significant increase in activity resulting ...