Biography

I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and studied Chemistry and Biology at MIT. My love for science and personal aspirations for motherhood inspired my dedication to advancing women’s health research by bridging critical knowledge gaps in the field. As an undergraduate, I engineered synthetic extracellular scaffolds to develop lab-grown models of the uterus, allowing us to uncover key insights into menstrual disorders such as endometriosis. I have since extended this work at the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge, integrating my tissue engineering expertise with cutting-edge genomics tools to generate novel models of human placental development. I am eager to continue this work during my MPhil and beyond, which I hope will revolutionise how we study enigmatic processes in reproductive biology and ultimately contribute to life-saving interventions for pregnant women worldwide. I am incredibly grateful for the support of Gates Cambridge and honoured to be part of a community of like-minded scholars committed to making a difference.

Previous Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chemistry and Biology