The start of my research career was during my undergraduate education, in the biophotonics lab at CUNY Hunter College. My time at the photonics lab introduced me to what it meant to be a researcher, working with a group of people to dig at the answers to unsolved problems. I experimented with and learned the machinery that was used to image real biological systems at hand. This work sparked my interest in medical imaging, as I was able to apply my experience in physics to actual problems in biology.

Joining Stony Brook University, I hope to expand my knowledge of and continue working on medical imaging to advance the usage orthopaedic implants. I currently am going to be studying under the CAMPEP Medical Physics program at SBU, allowing me to further understand the physics behind medical imaging. Alongside this, I am working in the biomaterials lab at SBU under Dr. Zhu and Dr. Su, giving me an opportunity to apply my passion for imaging to current biological applications.

In the biomaterials lab, I am currently working on a project with Dr. Su that gauges an understanding of the bone disease of osteoporosis, specifically the effects of certain minerals on the regeneration of bones in osteoporotic patients. My work focuses on the scanning of bones and analyzing the formations of trabecular bone as well as identifying any discrepancies in the bone structure caused by osteoporosis.

(An example of a microCT scan I had conducted and analyzed)