My recent oral presentation on my third dissertation project, “Development of magnetized balls of acrylamide gel (MAG-BAGs) for streamlined genomic workflows”, won the Best Oral Presentation award (student’s choice) at the 2022 Biomedical Engineering Research Day at SBU! I’m particularly jazzed about this because I’ve been focusing on improving my oral presentation and public speaking, particularly through the Fundamentals of Science Communication course I am taking through SBU’s Alan Alda Center for Science Communication. This course is part of the Advanced Graduate Certificate Program in Life Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship that I am completing this semester.

Stay tuned for some more updates on my recent research results that were included in that oral presentation!

I’m super excited to announce that on September 16th, my committee approved my defending my dissertation as early as December 2022! I just need to wrap up my final manuscript, polish up the dissertation, write my presentation, and prepare for the defense!

I’m doubly excited as having this approval means I can start my job search in earnest. Man, it’s going to be a super busy Fall… wish me luck!