Student Researcher @University of Lynchburg• Accepted into highly selective summer camp choosing 156 people across Virginia to spend a month in the University of Lynchburg studying Mathematics, Science, and Technology with research, lectures, and other lab-based activities.
• Produced and presented original research regarding Cologne's antibacterial and antiseptic properties by conducting a repeatable Use-Dilution test, which was corroborated by scientific studies. • Inoculated TSB, TSA, TSA with Cycloheximide, and other stains using a loop and a needle. Learned proper inoculation tactics and lab safety, working with BSL 1 and 2 organisms like E. coli, S. aureus, S. marcescens and K. pneumoniae. Also learned colony morphology and microbacterial terms. • Successfully completed quadrant streaking, fishtail streaking, innoculation of biochemical media like MSA and MHA and TSIA, simple staining, gram staining, serial dilution tests, and more. • Took sample from skin cells and cultivated pure culture after multiple innoculations on agar. From there, identified the bacteria on the skin cells using colony morphology, gram stained it, identified it, and created a report on it. Did 16s rRNA Gene Sequencing analysis on it to identify them, isolated and replicated by PCR test and verified via Gel Electrophoresis, and then purified. • Took dirt sample and identified wild nematodes using TSA + OP 50 E. coli to lure them out. Identified nematodes. • Created Winogradsky column with dirt from a nature reserve and created a microbiome within a test tube. • Completed the Kirby Bauer test for antimicrobial sensitivity and analyzed the results, while learning about the medical ramifications of "superbugs" and how overprescription of antibiotics caused that. |
Optimization of Cancer Identification and Prognosis based on DNA Methylation through Machine LearningPresented: The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Research Symposium
Awards Won: Roscoe Hughes Award for Best Paper in Field of Genetics Published (awaiting): Columbia Junior Science Journal |
Designing Mechanism to Increase Independence of Stroke Survivors
Presented: Undergraduate Research and Technology Conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Published: IEEE Xplore Through the MIT Beaverworks Challenge, I worked with Nathan He and Rockwell Li to develop a specialized bottle opener. This device was designed to empower an elderly woman, who had experienced left-side paralysis due to a stroke, to regain self-sufficiency in meeting her daily requirements, including accessing water, medication, and nourishment. |