Good news!

December | 2020

I graduated as a SAi Fellow and became a SAi Junior Resident.

I was awarded a Conference Scholarship to attend ABRCMS 2020.

Obtained a SciComm Certificate from SCOPE @ Northwestern University

Selected as a SAi Fellows for the 4th cohort of the program

Awarded the SACNAS 2020 Conference Scholarship

Selected as one of 13 researchers that will exhibit their work in Kansas City's Kemper Art Museum at Science2Art

Selected as part of the ComSciCon SciWri 2020 Cohort.

Awarded the ESA Seeds Interdisciplinary Power of Data Research Award

Awarded Kansas State University Graduate Student Council Professional Development Certificate.

Was invited to give an oral presentation and a poster at ASM meetings

I attended the 2020 AAAS meeting and the Yale Ciencia Academy workshops!

Selected as one of 25 graduate students in the US to attend SESYNC's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workshop in DC.

Selected as one of the fellows for the Yale Ciencia Academy 2020 cohort

Awarded the “Outstanding Research Oral Presentation” in Microbiology at 2019 SACNAS

Awarded best presentation style at KSU's Graduate Students on Parade event in the Biology Division

Selected to be the graduate student representative for KSU's President's Commission on Multicultural Affairs

Awarded a travel grant from BGSA to go to SACNAS 2019 and present my research

Awarded a travel grant from K-State graduate school to go to SACNAS 2019 and present my research

Awarded the BioKansas Professional Development Scholarship to go to SACNAS 2019 and present my research

After a month writing about biofilms in catheters, several all-nighters and 3 very stressful hours...
I am officially a PhD candidate!

Awarded the Michael Scott Watkins Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching