Present | Vice President of External Engagement, Illinois Math and Science Academy | |
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Disciplines
Honors and Awards
- Department of State Meritorious Achievement Award for “invaluable contributions to fulfilling the President's vision of engagement with Muslim communities through science diplomacy” (2011)
- AAAS Science & Technology Policy - Diplomacy, Security, and Development Fellow (2010-2011)
- White House Fellows Program regional finalist (2010)
- American Society for Microbiology Travel Grant – ASM Biodefense and Emerging Disease Meeting (2010)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2006-2009)
- Department of Homeland Security Graduate Fellow (2005)
- National Institutes of Health Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant (2004)
- Northwestern University Irving M. Klotz Award for Basic Research given for top senior honors thesis in the biological sciences (2004)
- American Society for Microbiology Travel Grant – ASM Biofilms Meeting (2003)
- Northwestern University Richman Fund Research Award (2003)
- Northwestern University Undergraduate Research Grants Committee Award (2002)
- Northwestern University Sarah Boylee Fund Research Award (2002)
January 2010 | Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University School of Medicine ‐ Department of Microbiology & Immunology | |
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June 2004 | Bachelor of Arts with Departmental Honors, Northwestern University ‐ Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology | |
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