Biography

I grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, and studied Chemistry and Biology at MIT. My love for science and personal aspirations for motherhood has shaped my commitment to advancing women’s reproductive health by addressing critical knowledge gaps in the field. As an undergraduate, I engineered synthetic extracellular scaffolds to develop lab-grown models of the uterine lining, enabling the study of menstrual disorders such as endometriosis. I later extended this work at the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge, where I combined tissue engineering with cutting-edge genomics tools to generate novel models of human placental development. Motivated by a growing interest in placental biology, I remained at Sanger for my MPhil to elucidate the cellular and molecular architecture of human ectopic pregnancy using novel single-cell and spatial profiling technologies. Building on key findings from this project, my PhD research will investigate the mechanisms by which maternal immune cells communicate with fetal placental cells to drive healthy or disordered pregnancy. 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

University of Cambridge MPhil in Biological Science 2026
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chemistry and Biology 2024