UNCF-Merck Graduate Research Fellow, University of Utah Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

I specialize in bioconjugate chemistry, immunotherapy, synthetic and biological polymers. I work closely with an interdisciplinary team of highly collaborative scientists towards the translation of cutting edge techniques into novel targeted drug delivery systems.

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  University of Utah Health is the Intermountain West’s only academic health care system, combining excellence in patient care, the latest in medical research, and teaching to provide leading-edge medicine in a caring and personal setting. The system provides care for Utahns and residents of five surrounding states in a referral area encompassing more than 10 percent of the continental United States. 

Whether it’s for routine care or highly specialized treatment in orthopedics, stroke, ophthalmology, cancer, radiology, fertility, cardiology, genetic-related diseases, organ transplant, or many other areas of medicine, University of Utah Health Care offers the latest technology and advancements, including some services available nowhere else in the region.

As part of that system, University Hospitals & Clinics relies on more than 1,400 board-certified physicians who staff four University hospitals (University Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, University Orthopaedic Center, and the University Neuropsychiatric Institute); 12 community clinics; and several specialty centers including the John A. Moran Eye Center, the Cardiovascular Center, the Clinical Neurosciences Center, and the Utah Diabetes Center. 

University of Utah Health Care is consistently ranked among US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals, and its academic partners at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Health are internationally regarded research and teaching institutions.


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Synthesis of bottle brush polymers via Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) for MRI and self assembly applications.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  MIT is devoted to the advancement of knowledge and education of students in areas that contribute to or prosper in an environment of science and technology.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Investigation of Palladium catalyzed oxidation reactions.

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  Established in July of 1970, the College of Science has become one of the largest colleges within the University of Utah. The College of Science offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics & astronomy.

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To create, develop, apply, and disseminate new science; to educate the next generation of scientists; to provide a strong education in science for students of other disciplines and future teachers; to promote public understanding of science, and to become one of the finest integrated science programs in the western United States.

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The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it serves over 31,000 students from across the U.S. and the world. With over 72 major subjects at the undergraduate level and more than 90 major fields of study at the graduate level, including law and medicine, the university prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Known for its proximity to seven world-class ski resorts within 40 minutes of campus, the U encourages an active, holistic lifestyle, innovation and collaborative thinking to engage students, faculty and business leaders.

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Graduate Research Assistant at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics

University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics

Graduate Research Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Graduate Research Assistant

University of Utah College of Science

Research Assistant

University of Utah

Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Organic Chemistry

Master of Science (MS)

University of Utah

Chemistry

Bachelor of Science (BS)